Art Fund appoints Sandy Nairne as new Chair.
13 March 2024 • Mark Westall
Art Fund has announced today that Sandy Nairne will succeed Lord Smith of Finsbury as Chair of Trustees this autumn. … Read More
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Art Fund is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as well as lobbying on behalf of museums and galleries and their users
The Burrell Collection wins £120,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023.
13 July 2023 • Mark Westall
The Burrell Collection has won the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023. Duncan Dornan, Head of Museums and Collections for Glasgow… Read More
Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023 shortlist revealed.
22 May 2023 • Mark Westall
Art Fund, the UK’s national charity for art, today announced the five museums selected as finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023, the world’s largest museum prize.
The Wild Escape, the largest collaboration between UK museums ever.
24 January 2023 • Mark Westall
Launched today by Art Fund, The Wild Escape is the largest collaboration between the UK’s museums ever.
Art Fund awards £1.8M for bold and experimental projects.
21 December 2022 • Mark Westall
Art Fund has awarded a total of £1.8m for ‘bold, brave and experimental projects which will help museums reimagine engagement with audiences’.
Shortlist announced for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022
10 May 2022 • Mark Westall
Art Fund, the national charity for art, today announced the five museums selected as finalists for Art Fund Museum of… Read More
The British Museum to present its first exhibition of emerging British artists.
4 March 2022 • Mark Westall
In a first for the British Museum, a series of exciting new acquisitions by emerging British artists, will be the focus of… Read More
Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022 now open for application.
16 December 2021 • Mark Westall
Art Fund Museum of the Year, the world’s largest museum prize, is a celebration of the UK’s museums and galleries. It is announced today that the UK’s 2,500 museums, galleries and heritage sites have from 5 January 2022 until 8 February 2022 to apply for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022.
People in the UK plan a massive 66m trips to museums & galleries this summer.
29 July 2021 • Mark Westall
People across the UK are planning a massive 66m trips to museums and galleries this summer, as lockdown lifts and… Read More
Art Fund Museum of the Year shortlist announced.
21 July 2021 • Mark Westall
Art Fund, the national charity for art, today announced the five museums which have been selected as finalists for Art… Read More
60% of UK museums and galleries worried about survival
19 November 2020 • Mark Westall
Museums, galleries and historic houses across the UK are facing a crisis due to the impact of Covid-19, with six in ten (60%) surveyed worried about their survival.
Prize money for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2020 increases 40% to £200,000
23 July 2020 • Mark Westall
Art Fund Museum of the Year 2020, recognising the challenges that museums face this year, the prize money awarded will go up to a total of £200,000, a 40% increase over previous years,
£250,000 now available for UK’s regional museums to borrow national treasures
13 June 2019 • Mark Westall
Art Fund announced today that applications are now open until 10th September for the third round of the Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund, a £750,000 funding and training programme across three years
Art Fund pledges additional £500,000+ funding to support UK curators
4 February 2019 • Mark Westall
Art Fund has announced its new funding opportunities for 2019. The three programmes represent a total of £505,000 in further funding for uk curators.
Art Fund offers 500 paid student work opportunities
21 September 2018 • Mark Westall
Art Fund, the national charity for art, today launched the 2018-19 Student Art Pass offer to all university students in the UK, a specially discounted £5 version of its National Art Pass.
2016 Museum of the Year Prize launched.
15 December 2015 • Mark Westall
The search has begun for the winner of the Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2016.
LAST CHANCE : Frieze Sculpture Park
13 December 2015 • Mark Westall
Last chance to see great sculpture and read about it via the dedicated Art Fund App
2015 Museum Of The Year Prize LAUNCHED
15 December 2014 • Mark Westall
The search begin for the winner of the Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2015. Announcing the plans… Read More
Art Fund Gifts Rare Mexican Prints to British Museum
29 August 2009 • Mark Westall
Independent charity The Art Fund today announces that it has given a rare edition of the iconic lithograph, Emiliano Zapata… Read More
