Art Fund
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Members | 122,000 |
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Headquarters location | London, United Kingdom |
Founded | 1903 |
Revenue | 8. 12 million GBP |
Founders | Roger Fry |
Christiana Herringham | |
Dugald Sutherland MacColl | |
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ID | 2393021 |
About Art Fund
Art Fund is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as well as lobbying on behalf of museums and galleries and their users.
Revamped Burrell Collection wins Museum of the Year
... The Burrell Collection has been named the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023, which comes with a £120,000 award...
Museum of the Year: Natural History Museum among nominees for £120,000 prize
... The 2023 prize marks the 10th year of Art Fund s Museum of the Year, which aims to champion the UK s 2,500 museums, galleries and heritage sites...
Benin Bronzes: Nigeria hails 'great day' as London museum signs over looted objects
... The Horniman though, which won 2022 Art Fund Museum of the Year, is not bound by the same laws as some of Britain s national institutions...
Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage saved after £3. 5m campaign
... The building, its contents and the gardens are maintained by Art Fund, to host a residency program for creative...
Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage saved after £3. 5m campaign
Derek Jarman 's garden continues to delight visitors, More Than 25 years after his death -
A cottage, purchased in the possession of filmmaker and artist Derek Jarman by an art-charity after a fundraising campaign.
Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, Kent, was sold in the risk of the private, until the campaign started to make money in January.
her target of £3. 5m was achieved, thanks to More Than 7,300 in donations.
The Building , its contents and the gardens are maintained by Art Fund , to host a residency program for creative.
Derek Jarman transforms his traditional fisherman's cottage in DungenessJarman, who also directed pop videos for the Pet Shop Boys, the Sex Pistols and The Smiths , died of AIDS-related complications in 1994, at the age of 52.
He is buried in the St. Clements Church in Old Romney, Kent.
Stephen Deuchar , Director of the Art Fund , said that the securing of the hut "like a crisis a small thing by comparison with the global epidemic, which recently wrapped all of our lives".
However, he added: "Derek Jarman 's fights were the last years in The Cottage is an inspiring example of human optimism, creativity and perseverance against the devastating effects of the disease, and in this context, the success of this campaign seems all the more apt and right for its time. "
The sale of a suit is also € 16,000 raised - it was designed by a three times Oscar winner Sandy Powell , and signed by celebrities, including Tilda Swinton , Scarlett Johansson , Brad Pitt , Renee Zellweger , Leonardo Dicaprio , Robert De Niro, Al Pacino , Sir Elton John and Joaquin Phoenix .
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Source of news: bbc.com