Explore the Collection through the eyes of our team as we take your through our favourite artworks and explain why!
Check back regularly for more updates to this page.
Explore the Collection through the eyes of our team as we take your through our favourite artworks and explain why!
Check back regularly for more updates to this page.
Oscar Murillo, Catalyst #13, 2016. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist
Lynn Chadwick, The Seasons, 1956. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © The Estate of Lynn Chadwick
Susan Collis, Untitled (rawl plugs), 2007. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist
Joan Eardley, A Field of Oats, 1962. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © The Eardley Estate
Michael Horsley, Untitled 77-78, 1977. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist
Carol Rhodes, Industrial Landscape, 1997. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist
Rachel Jones, lick your teeth, they so clutch, 2021. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist. Image courtesy of the artist and Thaddaeus Ropac, London
Emma Hart, Fork Face, 2017. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist
Keith Piper, (You are now entering) Mau Mau county, 1983. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist
Faisal Abdu'Allah, The Last Supper, 1995. Arts Council Collection, Souhbank Centre, London © Faisal Abdu' Allah & Clive Kofi Allen
Lygia Clark, Animal 1, 1969. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist
Lindsey Mendick, Cigs, 2020. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist. Installation view (detail) at Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist and Carl Freedman Gallery,
The Arts Council Collection is the UK's most widely seen collection of modern and contemporary art.
With more than 8,000 works by over 2,000 artists, it can be seen in exhibitions and public displays across the country and beyond. This website offers unprecedented access to the Collection, and information about each work can be found on this site.