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Chelsea Art Gallery's Face Value (December 1 through January 29, 2006) showcased portraiture work by twenty artists, including five of the 2005 winners of the international British Portrait Award Exhibition, which is held annually at London's National Portrait Gallery. Face Value represents new approaches to the genre and demonstrates a range of practices from realist to abstraction and intimate to anonymous.

The Chelsea Art Gallery is one of the peninsula's newer galleries and exhibits solely British contemporary art. This 4000 square-foot space is owned by London transplant Suzanne Mohan, who works directly with London galleries to bring British paintings and sculptures to the Bay Area. In the spirit of their high-tech location, there are plasma screens displaying a vast array of work available in the U.K. alongside actual works in their gallery.
Where: 440 Kipling St., Palo Alto
Gallery hours: Wednesday through Saturday from 11am to 7pm, Sunday from 12pm to 5pm
Phone: (650) 324-4450