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The Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism placed temporary export bar on work to try to save it for the nation
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage has stopped the export of ivory sculpture, 'Death of Cleopatra', carved by the artist Henri de Triqueti
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The National Archives (TNA) will publish an international online catalogue of looted art taken by the Nazis for the first time.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Culture Minister steps in to prevent 18th century painting from export
Temporary export bar placed on first portrait of Niagara Falls
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
A new exhibition by Joshua Sofaer exploring plastic waste and the work of the Environment Agency.
Culture Minister steps in to prevent Nainsukh of Guler’s ‘Trumpeters’, valued at £550,000 from export
Ed Vaizey places temporary export bar on eighteenth century artwork.
Employment Tribunal decision.
The Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve will be one of the subjects of a new arts-based project.
Artwork produced for the Art of Reprocessing exhibition will be auctioned for Mind West Cumbria.
'12 from Number 10' at Whitechapel Gallery opens its doors to the public.
VAT refund scheme encourages museums and galleries to provide free entry and open up access to works in collections
How the British Embassy Costa Rica empowered these women to find their own voice, artistically
8 ‘National Treasures’ with a total value of £13.85 million saved from export this year
Two art investment companies who fraudulently took more than half a million pounds from investors have been wound up by the court.
Internationally renowned artist Basil Watson has been chosen to design the National Windrush Monument, which will stand at London Waterloo station.
See fascinating collections spanning hundreds of years.
Ten spectacular creative projects will demonstrate the nation’s talent in science, technology, engineering, arts and maths
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