Touring Exhibitions
New touring exhibitions from the Collection are launched each year and travel throughout the country. Varying from solo shows to thematic and artist-curated exhibitions to film programmes, they enable the Collection to collaborate with most of the UK's museums and galleries.
Recent Touring Exhibitions
The Printed Line
This exhibition explores how artists have used a variety of printmaking techniques to exploit the potential of the printed line since the beginning of the 20th century up to the present day.
This exhibition explores how artists have used a variety of printmaking techniques to exploit the potential of the printed line since the beginning of the 20th century up to the present day.
Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences
Comprising six large tapestries, The Vanity of Small Differences tells the story of class mobility and the influence social class has on our aesthetic taste. Inspired by William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress.
Comprising six large tapestries, The Vanity of Small Differences tells the story of class mobility and the influence social class has on our aesthetic taste. Inspired by William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress.
Breaking the Mould
This major new touring exhibition challenges the male-dominated narratives of post-war British sculpture by presenting a diverse and significant range of ambitious work by women.
This major new touring exhibition challenges the male-dominated narratives of post-war British sculpture by presenting a diverse and significant range of ambitious work by women.
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Select Scheme
The Select programme invites galleries and museums to select exhibitions and displays from the Arts Council Collection.
The Select programme invites galleries and museums to select exhibitions and displays from the Arts Council Collection.
Exhibition Loans
From 2016 to 2017 the Arts Council Collection lent 1,349 artworks to exhibitions in the UK and internationally.
From 2016 to 2017 the Arts Council Collection lent 1,349 artworks to exhibitions in the UK and internationally.
Long Loans
The Long Loan scheme provides loans to museums, galleries and other public institutions such as universities, charities, and hospitals.
The Long Loan scheme provides loans to museums, galleries and other public institutions such as universities, charities, and hospitals.