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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.
Abusers who share intimate images without consent to face up to 6 months in prison.
A temporary export bar has been placed on a walrus ivory carving of the Deposition from the Cross so a domestic buyer can be found.
Report exploring the ways future cities have been depicted in print and on film over the last 100 years.
The US and UK have committed to developing and funding new capabilities to stop the spread of sickening AI-generated images of children.
Export bar placed on the relief to allow time for a UK institution to acquire the work
A temporary export bar has been placed on Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies, English School worth £272,800
A painting by Philip de László of two Indian soldiers who served in the First World War is at risk of leaving the UK unless a domestic buyer can be found.
A temporary export bar has been placed on The Cricketers (Ralph Izard & Friends) by Benjamin West, worth £1,215,000
An export bar has been placed on the statue to allow time for a UK institution to acquire the work
A portrait of the greatest male ballet dancer of the early twentieth century, Vaslav Nijinsky, is at risk of export
Export bar placed on Dieric Bouts’ St Luke Drawing the Virgin and Child
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a 700 year old panel painting by Pietro Lorenzetti.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Four 14th century paintings by Niccolo di Pietro Gerini, the only known remaining works of their kind in existence, have had a temporary export bar placed on them to provide a last chance to raise the £1,105, 250 needed to...
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on the painting David and the Return of the Ark of the Covenant
Winners of a DECC image competition have shown the impacts climate change is having on people in the UK and across the world.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by 17th century Dutch artist Jan de Bray.
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