Collecting the Now
An Arts & Culture initiative in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery.
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The need
Our national archives shape cultural memory. More than ever, it’s important that major collections represent diverse artists and contemporary voices.
The work
Collecting the Now strengthens the National Portrait Gallery's contemporary art collection with groundbreaking acquisitions. With first acquisitions by Sonia Boyce and Hew Locke, the fund is reshaping what and who gets remembered in British portraiture.
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Arts & Culture 26 March 2025
Collecting the Now: At the National Portrait Gallery
In partnership with the Bukhman Foundation, the new fund strengthens the gallery’s contemporary art collection with groundbreaking acquisitions.
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