Rustic reclaimed concert hall pops up in a bombed-out Bristol church

Theaster Gates' new installation, Sanctum, opened October 29, fully contained within the roofless shell of a church in Bristol. From the looks of these photographs captured by Max McClure, the opening was a rollicking good time, an appropriate kick-off for a 24-day continuous program of sound, featuring hundreds of performers, artists, and speakers. This is the first public project in the United Kingdom for the Chicago-based artist, and Sanctum follows the same vein as the rest of Gates’ body of...