Culture Minister Ed Vaizey Banished To Back Benches By Theresa May
Minister for Culture Ed Vaizey MP for Wantage has been removed from his role as Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries by… Read More
17 July 2016
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Culture Minister Ed Vaizey Places Temporary Export Ban On Giacometti Sculpture
A sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century is at risk of being exported from… Read More
25 February 2016
Pontormo Masterpiece Acquires Temporary Export Ban By Culture Minister Ed Vaizey
The Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has put a temporary export bar on ‘Portrait of a Young Man in a Red… Read More
24 December 2015
Contemporary Art Society Launches New Acquisition Initiative For Regional Museums
A new scheme launched by The Contemporary Art Society (CAS), aims to address the lack of important works of Contemporary… Read More
11 December 2015
Ed Vaizey Places Export Bar On Topographical Watercolour By Thomas Davies
The very first eyewitness representation of Niagara Falls, a 1762 topographical watercolour by Thomas Davies, is at risk of being… Read More
20 August 2015
Cézanne: Temporary Export Bar Placed On Rare Painting
An important Cézanne painting that has been on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge for almost 30 years is… Read More
24 June 2015
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey bans export Of Claude Lorrain Painting
UK Culture Minister, Ed Vaizey, has placed a temporary export ban on a 17th century painting by Claude Lorrain, which… Read More
3 February 2015
Ed Vaizey Hails Record Year For UK Creative Industries
2014 has been another incredible year for the UK’s creative industries. Data shows records being broken in visual art, and… Read More
30 December 2014
Culture Minister Places Export Bar On Important Brueghel
British Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on the painting ‘The Garden of Eden with the… Read More
6 December 2014
Delfina Foundation Relaunches After £1.4m Redevelopment
The Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, and artists Jane & Louise Wilson were amongst those attending the re-launch of Delfina Foundation… Read More
18 January 2014
Mario Testino Presented With Honorary OBE By Culture Minister Ed Vaizey
Mario Testino the Peruvian-born photographer was today presented with an honorary OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the… Read More
15 January 2014
Culture Minister Vaizey Orders Export Ban For Raphael Drawing
The Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has ordered a temporary export ban on Raphael’s “Head of a Young Apostle”, (c. 1519-1520)… Read More
5 April 2013
Culture Minister Places Temporary Export Bar On Three Paintings
A 19th century painting of a London park and two canvases by the animal painter George Stubbs could leave the… Read More
10 February 2013
Ed Vaizey Announces Competition To Find 2017 UK City of Culture
A nationwide competition to find the UK’s next City of Culture has been launched by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey. The… Read More
2 February 2013
Reynolds Painting Of Omai Will Remain In The UK
The painting of Omai by the iconic English painter Sir Joshua Reynolds will remain in the UK, following Culture Minister… Read More
14 July 2012
Visual Art Rivals Music For Supremacy In London 2012 Festival Programme
Thomas Keane takes a look at the visual art highlights announced today for the London 2012 Festival – the summer… Read More
26 April 2012
Henley Report Champions Art Schools
The government-commissioned Henley report makes a number of recommendations tol make England’s cultural education ‘the envy of the world’. In… Read More
29 February 2012
Export Halted For Francesco Guardi Venice Masterpiece
£26,697,250 price tag to save painting for Nation The Culture Minister, Ed Vaizey, has placed a temporary export bar on… Read More
22 October 2011
Arts Council Creates Fund For Arts To Enter Digital Age
“The Arts should embrace new business models and technology” – Ed Vaizey Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, speaking at the Culture… Read More
30 January 2011