British Council Facing Debt Crisis Considers Art Collection Sell-off
The British Council is considering selling off its £200 million art collection due to debts incurred during the COVID crisis.
20 January 2025
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British Council Marks 90th Anniversary With Christie’s Fundraising Auction
To mark the British Council’s 90th anniversary, Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Day and Online sale (Thursday, 10th October 2024)… Read More
8 October 2024
British Council Ordered To Pack Their Bags By Vladimir Putin
Russia has ordered the closure of the British Council, an organisation which promotes cultural ties between the nations in St Petersburg.
17 March 2018
British Council Announces 2017 Partnerships For 57th Venice Biennale
The British Council has announced their 2017 partnership with England, Scotland, and Wales in presenting three exhibitions at the 57th International Venice Biennale Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
10 February 2017
Ciaran Devane To Replace Martin Davidson As British Council CEO
Ciarán Devane has been appointed the new chief executive of the British Council one of the UK’s largest charities. He… Read More
13 August 2014
British Council Announces The Appointment Of Three New Trustees
The British Council has announced three new members to their Board of Trustees, and have confirmed the appointment of one… Read More
7 August 2013
Jeremy Deller Biennale Related Display Unveiled At British Council London
The British Council has announced that a display of works by Jeremy Deller will go on show from today in… Read More
22 July 2013
British Council And Koestler Trust Take Ex-Offenders To Venice Biennale
A new partnership between the British Council and the Koestler Trust will see eight ex-offenders travel to the 55th International… Read More
29 May 2013
Local British Councils Slash Arts Budgets By Up To 50%
They always seem to leave it to the weekend to bury bad news, in the hope that the public doesn’t… Read More
9 March 2013
Jeremy Deller Awarded British Council’s Commission At Venice Biennale
Jeremy Deller will present a much-anticipated solo exhibition in the British Pavilion at the 55th International Art Exhibition in Venice… Read More
24 January 2013
Grayson Perry Tapestries Gifted Jointly To Arts And British Council
The Arts Council Collection and British Council, announced today (30 November) the joint acquisition of Grayson Perry’s The Vanity of… Read More
30 November 2012
British Council Appoints New Director
Graham Sheffield has been appointed the new director of The British Council he succeeds Rebecca Walton who was acting as… Read More
26 February 2011
Stop Protests Targeting Artworks Says National Museum Directors’ Council
UK museum directors have written an open letter calling for an end to protests which target galleries and artworks. The demonstrations
12 October 2024
John Akomfrah: Listening All Night To The Rain – British Pavilion Venice Biennale
John Akomfrah’s highly-anticipated commission for the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale promises to be a poignant exploration of memory,… Read More
15 February 2024
British Museum Launches Website To Recover Internally Stolen Artefacts
Last August, 1,200 to 2,000 valuable objects were reported “missing, stolen or damaged” by officials at the British Museum.
26 September 2023
Three British Artists: Hannah Luxton, Joe Packer and Fiona G Roberts Aleph Contemporary At The Bindery
ONE WORLD is an exhibition of paintings curated by Paul Carey-Kent by three British artists: Hannah Luxton, Joe Packer and Fiona G Roberts…
4 May 2023
Bridget Riley Unveils New British School At Rome Painted Ceiling
Bridget Riley has unveiled a painted ceiling for the British School of Rome (BSR) Riley has created many murals and wall paintings but this is her first ceiling painting.
4 May 2023
George Shaw: Reanimating The Post War Council Estate – Sue Hubbard
The British painter George Shaw embraced the liminal spaces of the council housing estate of his childhood to create paintings…
2 July 2022
Banksy Pledges Mural To Save Reading Gaol From Developers – Largest Vermeer Retrospective Announced By Rijksmuseum – Monumental Stonehenge Exhibition For British Museum
Banksy Pledges Mural To Save Reading Gaol From Developers – Largest Vermeer Retrospective Announced By Rijksmuseum – Monumental Stonehenge Exhibition For British Museum
7 December 2021
Venice Biennale: Council Bans Private Spaces – Thomas Gainsborough Masterpiece Discovered – Lady Petchey Sculpture Prize
Venice town council is trying to make it impossible to rent private exhibition spaces during the Venice Biennale and the Architecture Biennale.
6 April 2021
British Art Show 9 Announce New Opening and Tour Dates
The long-awaited opening of British Art Show 9 has been announced by Hayward Gallery Touring.
18 February 2021
British Women Artists Emerge – An Overlooked 20th Century Phenomenon
Western art before the 20th-century was dominated by male artists. There had been celebrated female painters
10 February 2021
Hackney Council Announce Public Statues Honouring The Windrush Generation
Hackney Council has announced two public artworks to be unveiled celebrating the Windrush Generation.
22 June 2020
Them: Seminal British Art Of The 1970s Returns
THEM is a new exhibition examining the work of an important group of artists who came to prominence in the… Read More
3 February 2020
Turner Prize To Be Presented By British Vogue’s Edward Enninful
This year’s year’s Turner Prize will be presented by the Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful OBE, in Margate on Tuesday 3 December 2019.
6 November 2019
British Museum Acquires Dante Gabriel Rossetti Painting Belonging To William Morris
The British Museum has acquired an important painting by the English painter, poet and Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founder, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882).
3 September 2019
Cathy Wilkes: Resurrecting The Forgotten British Pavilion Venice Biennale – Sue Hubbard
May you live in interesting times is the overarching theme of this year’s Biennale. Dystopia and dissonance are everywhere played out in the themes of climate change and post-human CGI that take us to some dark places.
14 May 2019
Yinka Shonibare British Library Installation Acquired By Tate
Tate has announced that it has acquired the installation ‘The British Library’ by Yinka Shonibare CBE.
8 April 2019
Hertfordshire County Council Sells Off Their Art Assets
A Major Art Collection including works by Barbara Hepworth and Keith Vaughan is to be sold on behalf of Hertfordshire County Council to fund much-stretched services but should this be happening at all? And will they squander the funds raised on everything but enriching the art community in the area?
4 February 2019
Arts Council Collection Acquire More Women Artists In 2017-18
The UK’s largest national loan collection of modern and contemporary art, the Arts Council Collection, has unveiled the full list of 47 works by 25 artists that it has acquired for the nation in 2017-18.
4 April 2018
Bridget Riley: Legendary British Artist Announces London David Zwirner Exhibition
Recent work from the last four years by the legendary British artist Bridget Riley will be exhibited at David Zwirner who is presenting her third solo exhibition at the gallery.
8 January 2018
Arts Council Publishes 2016/17 In Lieu Cultural Gifts Scheme Annual Report
The Arts Council has published its 2016/17 Cultural Gifts Scheme and Acceptance in Lieu annual report.
23 December 2017