For over 100 years, the UK Government Art Collection has collected works of art to promote British art and artists

Works from the Collection are placed in British Government buildings in the UK and in nearly every capital city around the world, and are seen by hundreds of thousands of visitors each year

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Features

Art, Power, Diplomacy

A new book tells the untold story of the Government Art Collection

GAC Book Cover

Making the paint dance

In this podcast Frank Bowling discusses the influences on his painting 'Kaieteurtoo'

Frank Bowling

Zarina Bhimji

The first major UK survey show of Zarina Bhimji's work is now open at Whitechapel Gallery, London

Howling like dogs, I swallowed solid air by Zarina Bhimji

Olympic artists on track for London 2012

The artists behind the Olympic and Paralympic Poster Series for London 2012

Swimming by Howard Hodgkin

February

This month marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of portrait painter Arthur Devis

Young Man: The Young Waltonian by Arthur Devis