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Government Art Collection

Government Art Collection

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3,023 artworks

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With over 14,500 works of art spanning five centuries, the Government Art Collection is the largest most dispersed collection of British art in the world. Two-thirds of the Collection is on display in British Government buildings in nearly every capital city around the world. Dating from 1898, the Collection helps promote British art and history while contributing to cultural diplomacy.

Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London, Greater London SW1A 2BL England

gac@dcms.gov.uk

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https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/

Artworks

  • Reflection
    Reflection Bridget Riley (b.1931)
    Government Art Collection
  • Fields, Somerton
    Fields, Somerton Claude Rogers (1907–1979)
    Government Art Collection
  • Harvest Cornfield
    Harvest Cornfield Claude Rogers (1907–1979)
    Government Art Collection
  • Evening Light, Corfe Castle
    Evening Light, Corfe Castle Stanley Royle (1888–1961)
    Government Art Collection
  • The Flat-Iron Building, New York
    The Flat-Iron Building, New York Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877–1961)
    Government Art Collection
  • A Diligent Daily Run
    A Diligent Daily Run Graeme Todd (1962–2022)
    Government Art Collection
  • Landscape with Level Crossing
    Landscape with Level Crossing Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)
    Government Art Collection
  • 3,016 more

Artists

  • Portrait of a Jew
    Isaac Snowman (1874–1947)
  • City Allotments
    Dennis Frederick Wills (b.1928)
  • The Lime Kiln
    John Crome (1768–1821)
  • Street Gossip
    Malcolm Edward Hughes (1920–1997)
  • John Morgan Richards (1841–1918)
    Charles Bell Birch (1832–1893)
  • Adelina Patti (1843–1919)
    Hans Schadow (1862–1924)
  • Salmon and Trout
    Henry Leonidas Rolfe (1823–1881)
  • Sussex Landscape
    Archibald Edward Webster (1899–1991)
  • A View of the Serpentine
    William James Ferguson
  • Aberdeenshire Farm Road
    Alexander Sillars Burns (1911–1987)

Stories

Curations

  • Brighton, Regency Square
    Showcase
    Art Unlocked: Government Art Collection

    6 artworks curated by Chantal Condron, Curator

Venues in Westminster

  •
    BBC England
  • Black Outdoor Art
  • British Council Collection
  • British Dental Association Dental Museum
  • City of Westminster Archives Centre
  • College of Optometrists
  • English Heritage, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House
  • Hallfield Primary School, Westminster
  • Hunterian Museum
  • Imperial College London