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Art Everywhere scheme unveils 100 artworks for vote.

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Inhale (Yellow) by Michael Craig-Martin 2002 Acrylic paint on canvas

Art Everywhere scheme asks public to choose 50 favourite artworks to appear on thousands of UK poster sites in August
They are all in a longlist that the public is being asked to vote on in an attempt to find the top 50 favourite British artworks. Once they have been chosen, they will appear on thousands of poster sites across the UK for two weeks in August.
Last Friday, more than 100 works were listed on the Art Everywhere website, chosen by a panel attempting to “ensure there was a balanced range of artists, subjects and periods”.

The earliest dates from 1340: a beautiful stained glass window of the Virgin Mary which was once in Hadzor church in Worcestershire and now lives in the Stained Glass Museum in Ely.

From the 17th and 18th centuries the list includes one Van Dyck (An Equestrian Portrait of Charles I), one Gainsborough (Mr and Mrs Andrews), two Stubbs (Whistlejacket; and Cheetah, a Stag and 2 Indians), and two Wright of Derby’s (A Philosopher Giving That Lecture on the Orrery, in Which a Lamp is Put in the Place of the Sun; and An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump). From the 20th century, artists include Stanley Spencer (The Resurrection, Cookham), Barbara Hepworth (Pelagos), Francis Bacon (Head VI) and Lucian Freud (Girl With a Kitten). The many living artists on the list include Peter Doig (Blotter), Tracey Emin (For You; and Hate and Power Can Be a Terrible Thing), David Shrigley (Stop It) and a Damien Hirst spot painting (Pardaxin).

The project is aiming to raise £200,000 to fund what is an unashamedly celebratory project – with donors getting badges, bags, T-shirts and framed prints designed by artist Bob and Roberta Smith depending on how much they give.

Voting has opened and the posters go up between 10th-25th August.
arteverywhere.org.uk/artworks/

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