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Store to Tour: Women Power Protest
Find out about an inspiring community partnership between Birmingham Museums Trust and homelessness charity Shelter, developed alongside the Museum’s latest National Partners exhibition.

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Yinka Shonibare MBE curates the Arts Council Collection
Our latest Touring Exhibition, Criminal Ornamentation, explores the cultural and social dimensions of the use of pattern in art.

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National Partners Programme
The National Partners Programme aims to establish a network of museums and galleries to exhibit and respond to the Collection over a three-year period, raising the profile of the Arts Council Collection with the public.

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Sculpture at Longside
Located within the grounds of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Longside has been home to sculpture in the Arts Council Collection since 2003.

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Curators' Days
The Arts Council Collection organises six events for UK-based curators each year. Designed as an informal forum for networking, learning and sharing, the events bring together curators from galleries across the country.

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Welcome to the Arts Council Collection
The Arts Council Collection is the most widely circulated national loan collection of modern and contemporary British art in the world and plays a vital role in supporting galleries across the UK through loans, touring exhibitions and curatorial skills.

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In My Shoes: Art & the Self since the 1990s
A timely opportunity to consider the legacy of a key aspect of 1990s British art, current Touring Exhibition In My Shoes, explores the ways in which artists based in the UK have represented themselves in their work since the 1990s.

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Expulsion from Number 8 Eden Close

Perry, Grayson

Expulsion from Number 8 Eden Close

2012

60 Minutes Silence

Wearing, Gillian

60 Minutes Silence

1996

Popcorn Shells

Ofili, Chris

Popcorn Shells

1995

Spirit Jar

Perry, Grayson

Spirit Jar

1994

Hippy Dialectics

Mellors, Nathaniel

Hippy Dialectics

2010

Movement in Squares

Riley, Bridget

Movement in Squares

1961

Slow Movement

Caro, Anthony

Slow Movement

1965

+ and -

Hatoum, Mona

+ and -

1994

Girl in a Green Dress

Freud, Lucian

Girl in a Green Dress

1954

Baylham Mill

Bell, Graham

Baylham Mill

1940

Indian Room, from 5 Rooms

Hodgkin, Howard

Indian Room, from 5 Rooms

1968

The Crowning

Shonibare, Yinka

The Crowning

2007

Head VI

Bacon, Francis

Head VI

1949

Is it okay to be black?

Anderson, Hurvin

Is it okay to be black?

2015

Self Portrait with Fried Eggs (from Self Portraits series 1990-98)

Lucas, Sarah

Self Portrait with Fried Eggs (from Self Portraits series 1990-98)

1996

Lay back, keep quiet and think of what made Britain so great

Boyce, Sonia

Lay back, keep quiet and think of what made Britain so great

1986

Born Winged Animals and Honey Gatherers of the Soul

Wardill, Emily

Born Winged Animals and Honey Gatherers of the Soul

2006

Icon

Hepworth, Barbara

Icon

1957

Regine

Warren, Rebecca

Regine

2007

BRIDGIT

Prodger, Charlotte

BRIDGIT

2016

We Two Boys Together Clinging

Hockney, David

We Two Boys Together Clinging

1961

New Stones - Newton's Tones

Cragg, Tony

New Stones - Newton's Tones

1978

Nunhead

Hiorns, Roger

Nunhead

2004

Gedser

Tillmans, Wolfgang

Gedser

2004

Fork Face

Hart, Emma

Fork Face

2017

Totality

Paterson, Katie

Totality

2015

Latest News

Curators’ Days for Spring 2019


11 Feb 2019

The Arts Council Collection are delighted to be working with Art Fund again this year to develop a series of joint events designed to provide an informal forum for curators from around the country to meet and network.

There are six Curators’ Day events organised every year, each with a special focus, either looking at particular areas of professional practice or visiting important exhibitions with talks from artists, curators and specialists on a range of topics.

The next three in the series will happen throughout Spring/Summer 2019 and will cover a range of topics: The first event will take place on the 12 March ...

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Current Exhibitions
On Paper
13 Jan 2018 - 30 Nov 2019
In My Shoes
30 Mar 2018 - 22 Sep 2019
Criminal Ornamentation: Yinka Shonibare MBE curates the Arts Council Collection
21 Sep 2018 - 28 Sep 2019

New Acquisitions
The Chimney is Swept

Sheehy, John

The Chimney is Swept, 1970

b. 1949

Put Something in the Air: The E-s-s-...

Okon, Ima-Abasi

Put Something in the Air: The E-s-s-...

2017

b. 1981

The Needle and the Larynx

Simnett, Marianna

The Needle and the Larynx, 2016

b. 1986

There’s a Hole in the Sky Part II:...

Cammock, Helen

There’s a Hole in the Sky Part II:...

2016

b. 1970

Untitled, from the series Where We B...

Carles-Tolra, Alejandra

Untitled, from the series Where We B...

2017

b. 1988

The Drift

Brennan, Maeve

The Drift, 2017

b. 1990

Untitled, from the series Where We B...

Carles-Tolra, Alejandra

Untitled, from the series Where We B...

2017

b. 1988

Untitled, from the series Where We B...

Carles-Tolra, Alejandra

Untitled, from the series Where We B...

2017

b. 1988

Geoluread & Genie

Phillips, Laura

Geoluread & Genie, 2017

b. 1986

Fork Face

Hart, Emma

Fork Face, 2017

b. 1974

Cloud Cuckoo Land

McKeown, William

Cloud Cuckoo Land, 2004

b. 1962

Dance (All Night, London)

Manchot, Melanie

Dance (All Night, London), 2017

b. 1966

Ardyne Point

Thuring, Caragh

Ardyne Point, 2016

b. 1972

Last Orders

Sheehy, John

Last Orders, 1970

b. 1949

Willem Lodewijk van Nassau Kazerne, ...

Henner, Mishka

Willem Lodewijk van Nassau Kazerne, ...

2011

b. 1976

Turning Buttercups #2

McKeown, William

Turning Buttercups #2, 2008

b. 1962

Becoming Soil

Deshayes, Nicolas

Becoming Soil, 2015

b. 1983

Plantain Drop

Boakye-Yiadom, Appau Jnr

Plantain Drop, 2014

b. 1984

Becoming Soil

Deshayes, Nicolas

Becoming Soil, 2015

b. 1983

Leaves (Harp, January)

Reus, Magali

Leaves (Harp, January), 2015

b. 1981

Music in the Frying-Pan Pub Brick La...

Sheehy, John

Music in the Frying-Pan Pub Brick La...

1970

b. 1949

Becoming Soil

Deshayes, Nicolas

Becoming Soil, 2015

b. 1983

Untitled, from the series Where We B...

Carles-Tolra, Alejandra

Untitled, from the series Where We B...

2017

b. 1988

There’s a Hole in the Sky Part I

Cammock, Helen

There’s a Hole in the Sky Part I, 2016

b. 1970

House of Women

Williams Gamaker, Michelle

House of Women, 2016

b. 1979

Quickest Quickly

Sheehy, John

Quickest Quickly, 1970

b. 1949

Unknown Site, Noordwijk aan Zee, Sou...

Henner, Mishka

Unknown Site, Noordwijk aan Zee, Sou...

2011

b. 1976

Tropicalité, l'Île et l'Exote

Maheke, Paul

Tropicalité, l'Île et l'Exote, 2014

b. 1985

Thank You For Your Custom

Sheehy, John

Thank You For Your Custom, 1970

b. 1949

Prayer Meeting (Windermere)

Kippin, John

Prayer Meeting (Windermere), 1992

b. 1950

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