LONDON.- National fundraising charity the Art Fund has helped Buxton Museum and Art Gallery acquire an important 18th century painting capturing a local scene. The Art Fund contributed £6,666 towards the acquisition of View of Matlock, Derbyshire by W…
Art Funded Works by William McTaggart Shown in Centenary Celebration at Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery
KIRKCALDY.- Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery is this month marking the centenary of Scottish artist William McTaggart’s death with an exhibition celebrating his work. McTaggart’s Children will showcase his beautiful paintings of children in sunny cornf…
Important British Treasure Saved for the Jewish Museum London
LONDON.- The Jewish Museum has successfully raised the funds to secure the ‘Lindo lamp’, the earliest known English Hanukah lamp and one of the treasures of British Jewish heritage, ensuring its continued place in the museum’s collection…
National Museum Wales Purchases Painting by William Dyce for the Nation
CARDIFF.- Today, the National Museum Wales announces it is able to save for the nation a painting by William Dyce entitled Welsh Landscape with Two Women Knitting, 1860, thanks to crucial funding grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), …