Government Art Collection

Government Art Collection
c/o Department for Culture, Media and Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London
SW1Y 5DH
England

Website

www.gac.culture.gov.uk

E-mail

gac@culture.gov.uk

Telephone

Enquiries - 10:00am to 12:00pm and 2:30pm to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday

020 7211 6200

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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The Government Art Collection is a unique British cultural resource, which operates within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Works of art from the Collection are displayed in British Government buildings both in the United Kingdom and around the world, playing a significant role in promoting British art and culture across diverse and international environments. More than 7000 works – over half of the Collection – are now listed on our website. Whenever possible, we lend works of art to public exhibitions, both in the UK and abroad.

Venue Type:

Gallery

 Opening hours

The GAC is primarily a working collection and does not have a designated exhibition space open to the public. However, we do offer group tours of our premises and participate in the annual London Open House event, during which visitors are able to see some of the works returned for conservation or awaiting selection. Group tours are for established groups (maximum of 20 people each) and must be pre-booked. Academics or museum professionals who wish to research particular works should contact us in advance to find out about the availability of the works and possible viewing arrangements.

 General services and facilities
  • Guided tours

Additional info

Group tours are for established groups (maximum of 20 people each) and must be pre-booked.

Government Art Collection
c/o Department for Culture, Media and Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London
SW1Y 5DH
England

Website

www.gac.culture.gov.uk

E-mail

gac@culture.gov.uk

Telephone

Enquiries - 10:00am to 12:00pm and 2:30pm to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday

020 7211 6200

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Dating from 1898, the Government Art Collection now holds approximately 12,000 works of art by British artists in a variety of media, including paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, textiles and video works, from the sixteenth century to the present day.

Collection details

Film and Media, Fine Art, Photography, World Cultures

Key artists and exhibits

  • Artists represented in the Collection include John Constable, William Hogarth, Lucian Freud, Paul Nash, Barbara Hepworth, Michael Landy, Bridget Riley and Emma Kay.

Government Art Collection
c/o Department for Culture, Media and Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London
SW1Y 5DH
England

Website

www.gac.culture.gov.uk

E-mail

gac@culture.gov.uk

Telephone

Enquiries - 10:00am to 12:00pm and 2:30pm to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday

020 7211 6200

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Moonlight and Movement: Paintings and Video Art Tour

14 — 15 May 2010

The Government Art Collection invites you to a moonlight-themed tour of the Collection’s building off Tottenham Court Road, in Central London. Visitors will be led through the workshop and racking area, where works linked with the night by artists such as Abraham Pether, Fay Godwin and Roland Pitchforth will be on display. After the tour you will have the opportunity to relax in our viewing space, help yourself to lemonade and popcorn and watch video art work by contemporary artists including Rachel Lowe, Simon Faithfull and Wood & Harrison.

Suitable for

  • Not suitable for children

When

6:30-10:30pm

Where

Government Art Collection

Admission

Free, however booking is essential. Visitors will be admitted at 6.30, 7.30, 8.30 or 9.30pm on each day and each event will last one hour. To book or for more information call 020 7580 9120 or email gac@culture.gov.uk.

Government Art Collection
c/o Department for Culture, Media and Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London
SW1Y 5DH
England

Website

www.gac.culture.gov.uk

E-mail

gac@culture.gov.uk

Telephone

Enquiries - 10:00am to 12:00pm and 2:30pm to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday

020 7211 6200

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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