Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

From 2014 to 2020, it was located at 2 Granary Square in the London Borough of Camden and called House of Illustration.

[1] In July 2020 it was announced House of Illustration at Granary Square would close and that the organisation would relocate to industrial heritage site New River Head in the Clerkenwell area in the London Borough of Islington.

[2] The site's 18th- and 19th-century buildings will be restored according to a scheme by Tim Ronalds Architects as part of a £12mn capital campaign.

It will be home to exhibition galleries, education studios, events space, a shop and a café[4] Until the site opens, the organisation is touring exhibitions of original illustration,[5] hosting creative workshops[6] and working with schools and community groups in Islington.

A 2021 project in collaboration with The Peel Institute and London Metropolitan Archives was called Clerkenwell: Now and Then, and resulted in an alternative guide to Islington written and illustrated by local residents.

Photograph of exterior of industrial brick buildings
The Engine House and Coal Stores at New River Head, the site for the future Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
Photograph of a display case containing an ink pot and pen with an illustration of Quentin Blake and the words "What does an illustrator think about?"
Quentin Blake: Inside Stories exhibition at House of Illustration, 2014