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A temporary export bar has been placed on William Hogarth’s painting Taste in High Life.
The National Gallery houses the national collection of Western European painting from the 13th to 19th centuries. It cares for the collection, enhancing it for future generations, primarily by acquisition, and also studies it whilst encouraging access to the pictures...
Artworks from the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle chosen to adorn the corridors of Number 10 Downing Street.
Works of art by contemporary artists from Wales and across the Midlands are to be displayed in embassies and government buildings around the world.
This report deals with three claims brought to the Spoliation Advisory Panel seeking restitution of three works by Sir Peter Paul Rubens currently in the possession of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London
This report deals with a claim brought to the Spoliation Advisory Panel on behalf of the heirs of the late Robert Bing, seeking restitution of the painting La Ronde Enfantine by Gustave Courbet currently in the collection of the Fitzwilliam...
A search has been launched by the DIO for the artist of a striking painting that depicts the brutal reality of the Falklands War.
Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of a Jan Griffier painting now in the possession of the Tate Gallery
A temporary export bar has been placed on a 15th century painting by Fra Angelico to allow time for a UK gallery or institution to acquire it.
Authors of original works of art are entitled to a royalty each time one of their works is resold through an art market professional.
The Wallace Collection is a national museum in an historic London town house. In 25 galleries, unsurpassed French 18th-century painting (including Old Masters), furniture, porcelain and a world class armoury are on display. Wallace Collection is an executive non-departmental public...
Find out if relief is available for goods using Temporary Admission and if your goods require you to be established inside or outside the UK.
Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of an oil painting by John Constable, ‘Beaching a Boat, Brighton’, now in the possession of the Tate Gallery
Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of a painting now in the possession of Glasgow City Council (HC 155)
Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of an oil painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 'The Coast at Cagnes' now in the possession of Bristol City Council
When and how you need to register your item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.
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