Imitate Modern
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Imitate Modern is a London-based contemporary photography and art gallery that exhibits work by emerging artists.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2015/02/02/raymond-salvatore-harmon-acid-at-imitate-modern-exhibition-review/|title=Raymond Salvatore Harmon: Acid at Imitate Modern {{!}} Exhibition review|last=Brady|first=Emma|website=The Upcoming|access-date=2016-12-16}}{{Cite news|url=http://londonist.com/2011/12/exhibition-preview-modern-toss-2011-imitate-modern-gallery|title=Exhibition Preview: Modern Toss 2011 @ Imitate Modern Gallery|date=2011-12-06|newspaper=Londonist|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-12-16}}
About
Imitate Modern was launched in 2011, initially occupying a space in Marylebone, London.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/8888854/The-Duke-and-Duchess-of-Cambridge-inspire-pop-art-collection.html|title=The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge inspire pop art collection|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=2016-12-16}} In 2015 it became a pop-up gallery, opening in various locations, including 90 Piccadilly and Goodwood Festival of Speed. In 2016 the gallery moved to its new permanent space at 19 Shepherd Market, London.
Imitate Modern hosted the first London solo exhibitions for Tyler Shields, Cartrain and Stik.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} In 2012, the French artist Philippe Shangti presents his exhibition "Saint Tropez to London" whose 28 provocative color images present a visual cocktail of drugs, fetishism, anarchy, sex and death.{{cite web |language=en |url=https://imitatemodern.com/exhibitions/philippe-shangti-saint-tropez-to-london/ |title= Philippe Shangti Saint Tropez to London |last=Audley |first=Alice |date=2012 |website=imitatemodern.com |publisher=Imitate Modern |access-date=November 5, 2020}}{{cite web |language=en |url=https://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2012/11/11/art-exhibition-philippe-shangti-saint-tropez-to-london/ |title= Philippe Shangti: Saint Tropez to London at Imitate Modern |last=Audley |first=Alice |date=November 11, 2012 |website=theupcoming.co.uk |publisher=The Up Coming |access-date=November 5, 2020}} Imitate Modern hosted a solo exhibition by Rich Simmons,{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/superman-and-batman-kissing-street-art_us_56fea6c4e4b0daf53aef8ab9|title=Superman And Batman Are Kissing For Equality In New York City|last=Italy|first=Chiara Piotto HuffPost|date=2016-04-04|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2016-12-16}} and a retrospective dedicated to Kate Moss's anniversary in 2014 by Russell Marshall called 40.
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