Pound's Artists: Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy was an exhibition held in 1985 to mark the centenary of Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...

's birth.

The exhibition was originally conceived by Clive Wilmer

Clive Wilmer

Clive Wilmer is a British poet, who has published eight volumes of poetry. Wilmer was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire and attended Emanuel School and King's College, Cambridge. Wilmer argues that religion is fundamental to what he writes, yet he does not associate himself with a parochial view of the...

, and was shown at Kettle's Yard

Kettle's Yard

Kettle's Yard is an art gallery and house in Cambridge, England.- History and overview :Kettle's Yard was originally the Cambridge home of Jim Ede and his wife Helen. Moving to Cambridge in 1956, they converted four small cottages into one idiosyncratic house and a place to display Ede's collection...

 from 14 June to 4 August 1985 to coincide with the 1985 Cambridge Poetry Festival

Cambridge Poetry Festival

The Cambridge Poetry Festival was an international biennale for poetry held in Cambridge, England, between 1975–1985. The festival was founded in an attempt to combine as many aspects as possible of this form of art...

, and at the Tate Gallery

Tate Gallery

The Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...

 from 11 September to 10 November 1985.

A volume of essays by Richard Humphreys

Richard Humphreys (writer)

Richard Humphreys is the Curator of Programme Research at Tate Britain and Deputy Chairman of the London Consortium, of which he was a founding member....

, John Alexander and Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson (poet)

Peter Robinson is a British poet born in Salford, Lancashire.-Life and career:...

, and edited by Richard Humphreys, was published by the Tate Gallery to accompany the exhibition.

The exhibition team at the Tate was headed by Richard Humphreys, and at Kettle's Yard by Hilary Gresty and Andrew Nairne

Andrew Nairne

Andrew Nairne , is Director for Arts Strategy at the Arts Council England.Nairne graduated with an art history MA from the University of St Andrews in 1983. He was the Visual Arts Director at the Scottish Arts Council and for eight years he was the Exhibitions Director at the Centre for...

.

Tate Gallery Symposium

To accompany the exhibition, on 19 October 1985, the Tate Gallery held an Ezra Pound Symposium to examine the connections between Ezra Pound and the visual arts. The speakers were Ian Bell, Judy Collins, Paul Edwards, Patricia Hutchins, Lionel Kelly, Anthony Ozturk, Alan Robinson, Mike Weaver, Clive Wilmer and Harriet Zinnes.