in 1983 the tate acquired an edition of "the two cultures" and fraser, a key figure of the swinging sixties who first brought to europe the work of andy warhol and roy lichtenstein, reopened his gallery on cork street in london with a show of clarke's paintings and with the aid of funding from him. the opening night received significant press coverage, and public interest and celebrity attendance led to the opening party spilling out into the street, necessitating its closure by police cordon. before its closure following fraser's death in 1986, the gallery went on to exhibit and introduce to the british public the works of jean-michel basquiat and ellsworth kelly, both of whom clarke exhibited with, and keith haring.