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Announcing our new Arts Council Collection National Partners
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Arts Council Collection, we’re announcing three new partner galleries.
Each partner will receive investment to give more people in England the chance to experience one of the finest collections of modern and contemporary art in the world.
A total of £1.8 million has been awarded to the galleries to host and curate work from the Arts Council Collection, as part of their 70th anniversary celebrations.
Through this investment, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Birmingham Museums Trust andThe Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool, with existing partner Yorkshire Sculpture Park, will curate twenty-four exhibitions drawn from the Collection over the next three years.
The Arts Council Collection, the UK’s most widely seen collection of modern and contemporary art, is celebrating its 70th anniversary during 2016.
Each year, millions of visitors see work from the Arts Council Collection which is loaned out to a wide range of exhibitions across England. In 2015 alone, over 1,800,000 visitors experienced an exhibition from within the Collection.
The celebrations include 8 new commissions that will go on display across the UK throughout 2016.
Peter Bazalgette, Chair, Arts Council England said: “The Arts Council Collection is ‘our collection’ – it belongs to the nation - which is why this investment is so important. Our partner galleries will be able to exhibit works from the Collection in imaginitive ways, whilst developing exciting educational and digital programmes to enhance engagement this work across the country.”
Exhibitions already confirmed include;
At Home
Curated from the Arts Council Collection by Yorkshire Sculpture Park
19 March–3 July 2016
Bothy Gallery
Transparency
Curated from the Arts Council Collection by Yorkshire Sculpture Park
25 June–4 September 2016
Chapel, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Details of future partner exhibitions will be released in Spring 2016.
For more information on these exhibitions and the National Partners Fund, click here.
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