New Art UK chair Ben Terrett appointed as charity marks 10 years of building online database
From a bronze Rodin sculpture of the naked Eve outside a Nando’s in Harlow to more than 6,000 artworks by JMW Turner, to a crumpled-up piece of A4 paper owned by Manchester Art Gallery, the UK’s public art collection is a wonderful and varied thing.
It is huge, as demonstrated by the charity Art UK, which has announced it has reached a million artworks on its database and appointed a new chair who said: “We’ve only scratched the surface.”
Ben Terrett, a former director of design for the UK government, has been announced as the new chair of a charity that is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Art UK began with a mission to digitally catalogue the UK’s paintings. Over the years that has been expanded to include drawings, watercolours, ceramics, sculptures, stained glass, banners, architectural drawings and street murals.
