Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 16 January 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what works of art are on display in (a) her and (b) her ministerial colleagues' offices; and what recent valuation has been made of such artworks.
A table of the information you have requested has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
It is not possible to give an accurate estimate of the value of the Government Art Collection, which has no current market valuation. The current monetary value of a work of art can be accurately assessed only at the time of purchase or sale or by professional valuation.
The Government Art Collection (GAC) helps promote British art and history while contributing to cultural diplomacy by displaying its works in Government buildings including Downing street, the Home Office and British embassies and residences in nearly every capital city across the globe. The works are seen by the many thousands of visitors to these locations. Approximately two thirds of its 13,500 works are on display at any one time.
An example of public demonstration of the GAC is the exhibition 'Revealed: The Government Art Collection' at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, which brings together nearly 200 of the GAC's works spanning the breadth of the Collection from 16(th) century to the present. It runs until
The GAC frequently loans works to public exhibitions. In addition the Collection works with local schools on literacy projects and has worked with the London Metropolitan University on its 'Curating the Contemporary' MA course. The Collection runs approximately three group tours per month and each year takes part in Museums at Night and London Open House weekend. The GAC website provides extensive access to the Collection containing, as it does, details of approximately 10,700 works of which nearly 10,000 have images. The Collection also generates an income through licensing its copyrighted images for commercial reproduction.
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