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A painting by official war artist John Singer Sargent, is at risk of export unless a UK buyer can be found to match the £5,750,000 + VAT asking price.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
National Maritime Museum and the Art Fund ask for your help to secure ‘fourth plinth’ piece.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Across the UK, arts organisations, museums and theatres are unveiling innovative digital plans to ensure culture and creativity is accessible for all
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Employment Tribunal decision.
Ed Vaizey places temporary export bar on La Surprise.
A sculpture by one of the greatest artists of the 20th century is at risk of being exported from the UK unless a buyer can be found
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a highly significant Turner masterpiece
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a highly significant Turner masterpiece.
£9.5 million work by founder of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood John Everett Millais is now at risk of permanently leaving the UK
‘Going to Market, Early Morning’ by Thomas Gainsborough is at risk of leaving UK shores.
The UK Government will call for stronger efforts to return Nazi-looted art to its original owners at the first European conference dedicated to the issue in five years.
Minister Ed Vaizey saves Vernet's Avignon from export
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a highly significant painting by Poussin.
The exhibition opens on 19 February and runs until 30 May at the State Museum of Arts.
Sir Joshua Reynolds’ painting of Omai will stay in the UK following Culture Minister Ed Vaizey’s refusal to grant a temporary export licence
In a unique partnership between arts and diplomacy, the UK sets down a challenge to think creatively about implementing human rights around the world.
Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism Michael Ellis, addresses delegates at the Art Business Conference at Church House, London, on Tuesday 4 September
The British High Commission and iCentre launched their ‘aMaZeUs’ competition to redesign the High Commission’s hybrid Prius car.
Ed Vaizey places temporary export bars on rare and significant pieces.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has placed a temporary export bar on John Robert Cozens’s watercolour The Lake of Albano and Castel Gandolfo in a bid to save it for the nation.
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