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A temporary export bar has been placed on Claude Lorrain’s Landscape with Rural Dance
An export bar has been placed on a Union Flag that led the charge for the British at the Battle of Trafalgar
The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA) advises the government on the export of cultural property. If an artwork is sold to a foreign buyer, it also advises on whether t…
An export bar has been placed on The Devi Mahatmya - a series of paintings illustrating the tale of the Divine Mother of Hinduism
A temporary export bar has been placed on a manuscript journal detailing Captain John Narbrough’s expedition to Spanish America and the Pacific
An export bar has been placed on Henri-Joseph François, Baron De Triqueti’s sculpture of Florence and Alice Campbell (1857).
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has reappointed Mark Hallett and Tim Pestell as Members to the RCEWA Committee.
Valued at £135,000 the exceptional piece is at risk of being lost abroad
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
‘The Myrowr of Recluses’ a 15th century manuscript is at risk of export unless a UK buyer can be found
An export bar has been placed on a Durbar set owned by Clive of India in order to give UK institutions an opportunity to acquire it for public display
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