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'Travelling Light' by Simon Schama
The third display of GAC works of art at the Whitechapel Gallery opens December 16
For over 100 years, the UK Government Art Collection has collected works of art to promote British art and artists
Works from the Collection are placed in British Government buildings in the UK and in nearly every capital city around the world, and are seen by hundreds of thousands of visitors each year
More than 10,000 works of art at your fingertips
Learn more about our works – simply select one of these links to begin exploring the Collection
Features
Black History Month
For this national celebration in October, we focus on recently acquired work by four black artists
Imagining Power: The Visual Culture of the Jacobite Cause
A portrait of James Francis Stuart, 'The Old Pretender' is on display at National Galleries Scotland
A New York State of Mind
An interview with Karen Pierce, former Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN
December
December's Featured Work marked the 50th anniversary of the death of John Duncan Fergusson
