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A temporary export bar has been placed on a sledge flag from Captain Henry Kellett’s arctic expeditions
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A temporary export bar has been placed on a manuscript gifted to Queen Elizabeth I by Archbishop Matthew Parker
Experienced former journalist and government adviser will help generate new ideas to improve library service and provision
The Government Art Collection is launching a new five-year acquisitions project with contemporary visual arts networks from across the country
VAT refund scheme encourages museums and galleries to provide free entry and open up access to works in collections
The cockerel jug has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance and was gifted to the UK Prime Minister during visit to Kyiv with President Zelensky
A temporary export bar has been placed on the painting ‘Self-Portrait as a Knight, with a horse, an easel with painter’s palette and a page’ by Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli also known as ‘il Morazzone’
A temporary export bar has been placed on Algernon Marsden by Jacques Joseph 'James' Tissot
A temporary export bar has been placed on Confirmation (c. 1637-40) by Nicolas Poussin
Millions of people expected to attend events covered by the scheme
Lord Parkinson delivered a speech at the Venice Biennale, celebrating the British Pavilion, Sonia Boyce’s artwork and Britain's vibrant art scene
A temporary export bar has been placed on View of Verona with the Ponte delle Navi by Bernardo Bellotto
A temporary export bar has been placed on Ferme Normande, Été (Hattenville) by Paul Cézanne
£35 million from final round of Culture Recovery Fund has gone to 340 organisations across England
A temporary export bar has been placed on A Pair of Group Portraits of Mr and Mrs Joseph May and their Children by Angelica Kauffman
Four places shortlisted for the prestigious UK City of Culture 2025 title
DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund launch new round of funding
A temporary export bar has been placed on an early 17th century manuscript of lute music, containing almost 100 never-seen-before pieces
More than 60 galleries, museums, libraries and cultural venues to receive funding
A temporary export bar has been placed on the Portrait of Omai by 18th century artist Sir Joshua Reynolds
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