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We’ve done it – £3.8 million has been raised to save Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red for the UK! 🙌
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Deadline extended! Museums with Clore Learning Spaces have until 26 September to apply for the Art Fund Teacher Fellowships programme. Don’t miss out:
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With support from Clore Duffield Foundation, these grants build and strengthen engagement between state secondary schools and museums across the UK.
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.@mimauseful strengthens collection of contemporary women artists with major acquisition @artfund spoke with the artist Jacqueline Poncelet and Helen Welford, Exhibitions and Collection Curator at MIMA about the significance of the acquisition and the wider importance of
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Both The @hepworthwakefield and Art Fund could not have done this without you, and we are excited to share this rare masterpiece by one of Britain’s most important artists with you all. ❤️
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Alongside over 2,800 public donations the success of the appeal has been made possible with major support from @HeritageFundUK, @artfund, and further impactful support from generous individuals, foundations and trusts.
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“This is an object that...tells this incredible inspirational story of someone being able to keep creating through a great time of adversity" @countryandtown spoke to Eleanor Clayton at @HepworthGallery on why this Barbara Hepworth sculpture must be saved: https://t.co/60gZEV60eq
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In November 2024, the British government placed an export bar on a sculpture crafted by the late Dame Barbara Hepworth in St Ives during the 1940s. Titled
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Thankful for the opportunity to attend the Wake Forest Baseball Prospect Camp this weekend. Learned a lot from the coaches and truly enjoyed competing with so many talented players from the ’26–’29 classes. @wc_hitting @Djacksbaseball @PitchincoachPRO
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🎉 Reimagine grants are back! Grants of up to £50k are available to reimagine your museum’s work with collections. We’re funding work that: ✔ Grows audiences ✔ Builds collections expertise ✔ Encourages sector collaboration Apply: https://t.co/MD2GCau27l
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Finally, thank you to our wonderful judges: Dr David Dibosa Jane Richardson @PhilNWang
@RanaBegumStudio Jenny Waldman And to @MuseumLiverpool for hosting the ceremony this evening. Now, it’s time to celebrate! 🎉
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Thank you to our brilliant finalists: 🔹@chaptertweets 🔹@comptonverney 🔹@goldenthreadg 🔹@perthmuseumuk Each one of them an outstanding museum that together, bring communities closer and make a perfect day out. 💚
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Beamish WINS #MuseumOfTheYear 2025 and the £120,000 prize. 🏆 Congratulations to the team! @Beamish_Museum 🎉
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In just over a week, we will find out which museum has won #MuseumOfTheYear 2025... 🎉 Meet our 5 experienced and passionate judges who will be making that difficult decision 📝 🏛️ ✨ What is your earliest museum memory? Share with us below! 👇
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🎒 #Teachers - planning your school trips for 2025–26? Get our FREE Museum Trips Guide to 20 UK museums + discover how you could WIN £1,000 towards a museum trip for your school... Ts&Cs apply. Download yours today: https://t.co/qbqUrlmJpf
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🚨 This is our one chance to save this key work by Barbara Hepworth for the public to enjoy forever @HepworthGallery. We have until 27 August to raise the remaining £2.9 million together. We can’t do this alone, but we can do it with you. 🤍 Join us now: https://t.co/oLnYEu2wpN
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Applications are open! With @friezeofficial, we’re offering 10 fully funded UK places for emerging curators to explore transhistorical exhibition making at Frieze Masters. Apply now: https://t.co/dpVBRoDcNK
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📣 Calling museums! We’re looking for 2 museums with a Clore Learning Space to host fully funded secondments for secondary school teachers in 2026/27. 👉 Find out more: https://t.co/mBuoIHtOnL
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We have committed £1.5m to Going Places, an @artfund exhibition programme that will see 20 museums and galleries from all four nations share their collections in the largest collaborative touring project of its kind. Find out more here: https://t.co/K0KjL3HCGi
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News | Museums to collaborate on £5.36m touring exhibition programme – @artfund initiative aims to pave way for 'more open and resourceful future for exhibition making' Read: https://t.co/Oo33vWtNbd
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We’re launching Going Places, a £5.36m programme bringing 40 community-driven exhibitions to life across 20 UK museums! 🎨💥 The largest collab of its kind, thanks to support from @HeritageFundUK + @JuliaRTrust Read more: https://t.co/0UtQQaCMg5
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📣 Applications are open for Jerwood Art Fund Commissions grants of £70,000 - £100,000, designed to increase the support available for museums & galleries to commission artists to make work of exceptional innovation and quality. Find out more & apply: https://t.co/4tn3UkpYeR
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'Inspiring' Museum of the Year nominees all outside London @artfund
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The winner of the Art Fund prize will be announced this summer at a ceremony in Liverpool.
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