Bristol Museum and Art Gallery joint bid success

Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery are celebrating winning a share of £5 million to contribute to buying and displaying international contemporary art.

The Art Fund’s new international contemporary collecting scheme, Art Fund International, have announced the chosen five museums and galleries who were going to receive the award.

Arnolfini, under the leadership of Tom Trevor, Director, are Bristol Museums key curatorial advisors on the selection of works to purchase through the scheme. He said of the news, announced today;

"This is fantastic news for Bristol. Art Fund International is the "missing link" between temporary exhibition spaces such as Arnolfini, with its expertise in commissioning and curating contemporary art, and regional museums, helping to build permanent collections of international art work of world-class quality for future generations."

The Art Fund is committing £5 million to a new initiative aimed at developing the collections of international contemporary art in UK regional museums and galleries.
The scheme aims to change the way in which regional centres can acquire contemporary works of art of international significance.

Published on: 2 November 2007