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
Drawn From Life: People On Paper
Artists have been drawing the human figure for centuries, from life drawings to people caught unaware at leisure or work. This exhibition brings together some of the finest drawings in the Collection with loans from the British Council Collection.
Artists have been drawing the human figure for centuries, from life drawings to people caught unaware at leisure or work. This exhibition brings together some of the finest drawings in the Collection with loans from the British Council Collection.
Kaleidoscope: Colour And Sequence In 1960s British Art
An Arts Collection Touring Exhibition. Kaleidoscope examines 1960s paintings and sculpture through a fresh and surprising lens.
An Arts Collection Touring Exhibition. Kaleidoscope examines 1960s paintings and sculpture through a fresh and surprising lens.
A Certain Kind of Light: Light In Art Over Six Decades
A major exhibition exploring how artists have responded to light, its transience and effect. Encompassing paintings, sculpture, photography, and installation, featuring artworks from the 1960s to the present day.
A major exhibition exploring how artists have responded to light, its transience and effect. Encompassing paintings, sculpture, photography, and installation, featuring artworks from the 1960s to the present day.
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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.