New Acquisitions
The Arts Council Collection continues to grow through the purchase of new work, 59 works by 25 artists were acquired for the nation in 2018-19.
Recommendations to purchase innovative works of art that reflect artistic practice in Britain today are made by a changing group of external advisors to the Arts Council Collection Acquisitions Committee. For 2018-19 they were: Anthea Hamilton, artist; Charlotte Keenan, Curator of British Art at Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool; Helen Nisbet, Curator and Artistic Director, Art Night and Fatoş Üstek, Director and Chief Curator at David Roberts Art Foundation (DRAF). The chair of the Acquisitions Committee for 2018-19 was Sir Nicholas Serota, Chair, Arts Council England. The three permanent members of the acquisitions committee are: Jill Constantine, Director, Arts Council Collection; Peter Heslip, Director, Visual Arts, Arts Council England; and Ralph Rugoff, Director, Hayward Gallery, London.
