Art Fund
The Art Fund is a national charity set up to support museums and galleries, lead public appeals and help them to buy and display works of art. The funding it provides is also used for training and development.
It has existed for over 110 years and members can use the fund’s National Art Pass to gain cheaper admission at many museums and galleries across the country.

Record-breaking Martin Brothers grinning crab saved for nation heads to Plymouth after export block
19 February 2020A new museum in Plymouth has acquired a ‘colossal and extraordinary grotesque grinning crab’ by the Martin Brothers after fundraising to keep the sculpture in the UK.
Art Fund awards boost collecting cash at museums
12 August 2019A curator of archaeology at the Yorkshire Museum in York and an assistant curator of ceramics at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent are among the winners of the Art Fund’s latest annual New Collecting Awards.

William Morris Gallery launches Bauhaus exhibition fundraising campaign
08 August 2019An exhibition exploring links between William Morris and Bauhaus, two of the most important names in the last 150 years of design, is set to launch in London provided enough money is raised.

Museum curators win funding to bolster collections including antique coins, ceramics and works on paper
07 August 2019A curator of archaeology at the Yorkshire Museum in York and an assistant curator of ceramics at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent are among the winners of theArt Fund’s latest annual New Collecting Awards.

Pictures by St Ives artist Peter Lanyon head to Tate, Birmingham and Liverpool museums
31 July 2019The estate of Cornish artist Peter Lanyon’s (1918-64) widow, Sheila Lanyon, has agreed a tax deal allowing three pictures by the artist to be acquired by the nation for museums across the country.

Hogarth painting saved for the nation and can stay at its Leicester museum home
31 May 2019A William Hogarth (1697-1764) painting that has been on loan to the New Walk Museum & Art Gallery in Leicester since 1943 has been purchased for the gallery.

Birmingham gallery acquires marble sculpture with support from Tomasso Brothers
02 May 2019UK dealership Tomasso Brothers Fine Art has helped a Birmingham gallery to acquire a 19th century sculpture by the ‘Landseer of marble’.

Salvador Dalí’s surrealist ‘champagne’ lamps designed for West Sussex home bought by V&A Museum
19 March 2019A pair of ‘champagne’ lamps designed by surrealist artist Salvador Dalí has been bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum and will be reunited with Dalí’s Mae West Lips sofa.

Art Fund celebrates record year as it seeks to boost annual giving to £10m
31 May 2018A record-breaking year for Art Fund, including the purchase of £5.5m of art, is a ‘step in the right direction’ as the national charity seeks to increase its annual grant giving to £10m.

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I saved for the nation with the help of 8000 donors
29 July 2016The triumphal portrait of Elizabeth I has become public property with the help of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant and £1.5m pounds raised in public donations.

Bowes Museum acquires Old Master with help from Art Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund
26 July 2016The Bowes Museum has secured funding at a sum of nearly £2.3m to keep an exit-barred painting attributed to the workshop of Dieric Bouts the Elder in the UK.

New blacklist threat for deaccessioning museums
09 April 2015A fresh warning has gone out to UK museums and galleries that they could face future funding cuts if they sell items from their collections.
V&A deal secures future of Wedgwood archive
15 December 2014A series of deals to safeguard the future of the Wedgwood Collection and ensure it will continue to be displayed in the Potteries have now been completed.
Wedgwood archive saved as appeal hits £2.74m target
03 October 2014It has taken just over a month for the Art Fund’s £2.74m appeal to save the Wedgwood Collection to reach its target. It will now be gifted to the V&A but will stay in situ at the Wedgwood Museum in Barlaston, near Stoke.
Wedgwood archive appeal £2.2m wonder
26 September 2014Soon after ATG reported that the public had contributed £700,000 in a matter of days to help the final push to save the Wedgwood archive, the news came through that close to £2m had been raised. Some £1.3m was donated in just four days.
Art Fund boosts final fundraising push to save Wedgwood archive
12 September 2014The Art Fund has launched an appeal to raise the remaining £2.74m needed to save the Wedgwood collection from being split up and sold off.
Art Fund crowdfunding initiative
21 July 2014The Art Fund have launched a new crowdfunding scheme to help museums and galleries, the first of which should also help boost the art and antiques trade around Hastings.

Maple cabinet with intriguing artistic collaboration
12 May 2014Mystery surrounds the origin of a maple cabinet designed by Edward William Godwin and painted by James Abbott McNeill Whistler which has been bought by National Museums Scotland (NMS).
Lower price tag for Van Dyck self-portrait
31 March 2014An appeal to buy Van Dyck’s final self-portrait for the nation, painted in England in 1640-41, has been given a boost by the news that a lower price is expected.

Appeal secures £3.9m Poussin
05 November 2012An appeal launched by the Art Fund to save a Poussin painting for the nation has hit its £3.9m target.

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