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National Museums Liverpool (NML) is a diverse group of museums and galleries. Its collections are among the most important and varied in Europe, and contain everything from Impressionist paintings and rare beetles to a lifejacket from the Titanic and artefacts...
A temporary export bar has been placed on Le Rêve de L’Artiste by Jean-Antoine Watteau
A temporary export bar has been placed on Ferme Normande, Été (Hattenville) by Paul Cézanne
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Monet’s 1908 work ‘Le Palais Ducal’ is at risk of being lost abroad unless a UK buyer can be found
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by Edouard Manet, Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Artworks from the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle chosen to adorn the corridors of Number 10 Downing Street.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A temporary export bar has been placed on Banquet Still Life by Dutch artist Jan Davidsz. de Heem
Culture Minister defers export of stunning impressionist painting.
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