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The Secretary of State has appointed Dr Helen Jacobsen and Dr Caroline Shenton, and reappointed Christopher Baker and Stuart Lochhead to The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Pippa Shirley has been reappointed as a member of The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA).
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Secretary of State has appointed Andrew Hochhauser QC as Chair of The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA).
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
New rules will give museums and cultural institutions more protection when purchasing items for collections
Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage has stopped the export of ivory sculpture, 'Death of Cleopatra', carved by the artist Henri de Triqueti
Valued at £135,000 the exceptional piece is at risk of being lost abroad
Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage has stopped the export of two Roman figures of Celtic Hounds .
Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage has placed a temporary export bar on a 15th century manuscript
Arts Minister Helen Whately places temporary export bar on unique items.
‘The Myrowr of Recluses’ a 15th century manuscript is at risk of export unless a UK buyer can be found
‘Going to Market, Early Morning’ by Thomas Gainsborough is at risk of leaving UK shores.
The export of ‘The Temptation of Mary Magdalene’ by Johann Liss has been temporarily stopped
The export of a figure of Apollo by François Girardon has been temporarily stopped
Arts Minister Helen Whately leads call to save £3.5 million work for the nation
Monet’s 1908 work ‘Le Palais Ducal’ is at risk of being lost abroad unless a UK buyer can be found
Arts Minister Michael Ellis has ordered a temporary export bar on the copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover used by judge during obscenity trial
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Four works by Francis Bacon worth £3 million are at risk of being lost abroad
Arts Minister Michael Ellis announces temporary export bar so that a buyer can be found for 16th century casket worth £750,000.
Sajid Javid has reappointed Philippa Glanville as a Member of the Committee, for the 4 years to 1 April 2018.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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