Articulates solid principles about why museum and gallery collections need new acquisitions to remain relevant and survive. However, also highlights the difficulties of achieving this at a time when individual works cost stratospheric amounts and government funding is 13% less in real terms than it was ten years ago. 266 UK collecting institutions have contributed to the research, which ultimately calls for greater investment in the sector.
- Contributor:
- David Cannadine
- Publisher:
- Art Fund and The Wolfson Foundation
- Date:
- 1 February 2018
