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Eleven institutions in the running for national contemporary craft prize as Edmund de Waal is confirmed as judge
15 March 2010
Ceramic artist Edmund de Waal has also been confirmed as the fifth judge on the panel that will decide who will win a share of the Art Fund Collect pot. His fellow panellists include Art Fund Director Stephen Deuchar, Ex Chairman of the Crafts Council and The Art Fund Sir Nicholas Goodison, Executive Director of the Crafts Council Rosy Greenlees and Art Fund Trustee Jonathan Marsden. The short-listed museums and galleries for Art Fund Collect 2010 are: 1. Aberdeen Art Gallery 2. Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter 3. The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead 4. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 5. Manchester Art Gallery 6. Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester 7. mima, Middlesbrough 8. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 9. Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery 10. Harris Museum, Preston 11. York Art Gallery Art Fund Collect will take place on 13 May, at COLLECT. On the day, short-listed curators will be given special advance access to the fair, ahead of private buyers and VIP guests, enabling them to cherry-pick the very best works on offer. Working against the clock, the curators will have just one hour to race around the fair, at London’s Saatchi Gallery, and pick one item they wish to acquire for their institution’s public collection.
A total of 21 institutions applied to Art Fund Collect 2010.
Winners will be announced on the evening of 13 May at the private view of COLLECT. Decisions will be made based upon the ambition and expertise demonstrated by curators on the day through the work they select.
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