Powerful new Art Funded works added to The Herbert's Collection, 28th July 2010
The Herbert has purchased two artworks for its permanent collection, Bloodlines by Iftikhar Dadi and Nalini Malani and Belsen Head by Raymond Mason. We gave the Herbert £11,500 and £12,500 for the two works respectively. Funding also came in from the Heritage Lottery Fund Collecting Cultures Programme and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund.
Carrington drawing scooped for Bedford , 27th July 2010
Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum has acquired an important topographical drawing by celebrated artist Dora Carrington (1893 - 1932), who attended Bedford High School as a child. Bedford Market (1911) was acquired at auction for £17,290, of which Art Fund members gave £5,763.
Art Funded William McTaggart works on show in Kirkcaldy, 26th July 2010
Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery is this month marking the centenary of Scottish artist William McTaggart's death with an exhibition celebrating his work. McTaggart's Children will showcase his beautiful paintings of children in sunny cornfields and next to stormy seas. It is open from now until 13 October.
Earliest Known English Hanukah lamp saved for the Jewish Museum, 19th July 2010
With the help of a donation of £75,000 from the Art Fund, the Jewish Museum has successfully raised the funds to secure the 'Lindo lamp', the earliest known English Hanukah lamp and one of the treasures of British Jewish heritage.
Experience Gormley's 6 Times online, 7th July 2010
6 Times, an extraordinary sculptural project created by Antony Gormley for the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, was made possible with the help of a £150,000 Art Fund grant.
