A temporary export bar has been placed on two marble busts of Aristotle and Homer, dating to the early 17th century
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Friday, 09 July 2021
A temporary export bar has been placed on a Mughal Dagger and Scabbard worth over £1 million
Friday, 25 June 2021
The final £300 million of the government’s £2 billion rescue package will support thousands of organisations in the run up to fuller reopening and beyond
Friday, 04 June 2021
A temporary export bar has been placed on a 500 year old late Gothic statuette of St Christopher worth £10 million
Saturday, 19 December 2020
New rules will give museums and cultural institutions more protection when purchasing items for collections
Friday, 18 December 2020
Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage has stopped the export of ivory sculpture, 'Death of Cleopatra', carved by the artist Henri de Triqueti
Friday, 23 October 2020
Iconic arts venues and cultural organisations get £75 million boost from Government's Culture Recovery Fund with 70 per cent of awards outside London
Friday, 21 August 2020
135 at risk grassroots music venues have been saved by emergency funding as part of the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund
Friday, 24 July 2020
First portion of £1.57 billion culture recovery package will go towards saving music venues from insolvency ?
Friday, 17 July 2020
Valued at £135,000 the exceptional piece is at risk of being lost abroad?
Friday, 17 July 2020
Valued at £135,000 the exceptional piece is at risk of being lost abroad?
Friday, 03 July 2020
Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage has stopped the export of two Roman figures of Celtic Hounds?.
Friday, 13 March 2020
Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage has placed a temporary export bar on a 15th century manuscript ?
Friday, 17 January 2020
Arts Minister Helen Whately has placed an export bar on a set of 18th century scientific drawings valued at £2.5 million
Friday, 17 January 2020
Arts Minister Helen Whately has placed an export bar on a set of 18th century scientific drawings valued at £2.5 million
Tuesday, 31 December 2019
Three works have been gifted to The Hepworth Wakefield
Tuesday, 05 November 2019
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Tuesday, 05 November 2019
A report on the progress and achievements of the Libraries Taskforce
Thursday, 17 October 2019
Arts Minister Helen Whatley leads call to save £3.5 million work for the nation ?
Thursday, 17 October 2019
Arts Minister Helen Whately leads call to save £3.5 million work for the nation ?
Thursday, 17 October 2019
Arts Minister Helen Whately leads call to save £3.5 million work for the nation ?
Friday, 11 October 2019
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Wednesday, 04 September 2019
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Wednesday, 04 September 2019
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Wednesday, 04 September 2019
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Friday, 09 August 2019
Monet’s 1908 work ‘Le Palais Ducal’ is at risk of being lost abroad unless a UK buyer can be found?
Friday, 02 August 2019
JMW Turner’s famous work The Dark Rigi, the Lake of Lucerne at risk of export ?
Friday, 21 June 2019
Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has placed a temporary export bar on John Robert Cozens’s watercolour The Lake of Albano and Castel Gandolfo in a bid to save it for the nation.
Monday, 13 May 2019
Arts Minister Michael Ellis has ordered a temporary export bar on the copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover used by judge during obscenity trial?
Friday, 26 April 2019
Four works by Francis Bacon worth £3 million are at risk of being lost abroad
Friday, 12 April 2019
Arts Minister Michael Ellis announces temporary export bar so that a buyer can be found for 16th century casket worth £750,000.
Tuesday, 09 April 2019
Arts Minister Michael Ellis has placed a temporary export bar on a 17th century baroque cabinet by Roman maker Giacomo Herman.
Friday, 16 November 2018
Culture Minister steps in to prevent Nainsukh of Guler’s ‘Trumpeters’, valued at £550,000 from export
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
New report shows more than 700,000 pupils benefiting from whole class instrumental teaching.
Monday, 10 September 2018
The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has appointed Helen Birchenough as South West Area Chair of Arts Council England for a term of four years starting from 5 December 2018.
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Arts Minister Michael Ellis launches £20 million fund for culture, heritage and the creative industries to benefit towns and cities across England.
Sunday, 03 June 2018
A valuable painting by one of England’s greatest 20th century artists has been returned to its owners five years after it was stolen from a gallery.
Friday, 01 June 2018
Arts minister steps in to prevent ‘A Pair of Champagne Standard Lamps’ by Salvador Dalí and Edward James from export.
Tuesday, 01 May 2018
Arts minister steps in to prevent An Academy by Lamplight by Joseph Wright of Derby from export
Sunday, 08 April 2018
Arts Minister steps in to prevent Head of an African Man Wearing a Turban by Sir Peter Paul Rubens from export.
Thursday, 22 March 2018
Arts Minister steps in to prevent Dalí’s surrealist Lobster Telephone from export.
Wednesday, 07 March 2018
Museums, galleries, theatres and heritage organisations will be given access to cutting-edge technology and digital skills training to help them reach new and diverse audiences.
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Arts minister steps in to prevent rare watercolour from export.
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