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Glasgow's Burrell Collection named as museum of the year

The Burrell Collection was named the museum of the year at the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023. The museum closed in 2016 for a six-year refurbishment and was officially reopened King Charles in October 2022.

Glasgow Live · Jul 12, 2023

Sir Henry Raeburn portrait painted in Rome saved for the nation

National Galleries of Scotland welcomes the artwork, Patrick Moir, in the month of the bicentenary of Raeburn’s death.

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

NI venue one of five in UK to be shortlisted for museum of the year award

"The arts have a transformative role in Belfast... where politics have failed, the arts have stepped in and provided people with a voice and a platform"

Belfast Live · May 27, 2023

National Portrait Gallery unveils plan to share historic £50m painting between two countries

The historic masterpiece is one of the earliest great portraits of a person of colour

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2023

National Portrait Gallery granted more time to secure cash to keep £50m painting in UK

The gallery has been in talks with the Getty Museum in California to strike an extraordinary deal

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

Could the Getty museum save the £50m Portrait of Omai at 11th hour?

Exclusive: There are just 24 hours to hammer out a deal if the historic painting is to be saved for Britain

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

We can’t let Joshua Reynolds’ magnificent Portrait of Omai leave the UK

This breathtaking 7ft-high portrait of a Polynesian visitor to London in the 18th century captures a complex cultural encounter and showcases the genius of Reynolds

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2023

This glorious portrait is too precious a treasure to be lost from our shores for ever

Even in tough times, masterpieces like Joshua Reynolds’s painting are worth saving

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023

‘It isn’t too late to turn things around’: Over 500 museums join forces for climate project aimed at ‘inspiring’ children

Leading artists including Tracey Emin, Mark Wallinger, and musician FKA Twigs will participate

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

Museums unite in UK’s largest art collaboration to inspire environmental change

The project aims to create a new relationship between museums and the natural world aiming to shape the lives of the children who participate.

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023