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Art UK is a cultural, education charity in the United Kingdom, previously known as the Public Catalogue Foundation. Since 2003, it has digitised more than 220,000 paintings by more than 40,000 artists and is now expanding the digital collection to include UK public sculpture. The catalogues and website allow readers to see an illustration, normally in colour, and short description of every painting in the UK's national collections. This information has significant educational benefits and constitutes the building blocks for later art historical research.

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  • Art UK is a cultural, education charity in the United Kingdom, previously known as the Public Catalogue Foundation. Since 2003, it has digitised more than 220,000 paintings by more than 40,000 artists and is now expanding the digital collection to include UK public sculpture. It was founded for the project, completed between 2003 and 2012, of obtaining sufficient rights to enable the public to see images of all the approximately 210,000 oil paintings in public ownership in the United Kingdom. Originally the paintings were made accessible through a series of affordable book catalogues, mostly by county. Later the same images and information were placed on a website in partnership with the BBC, originally called Your Paintings, hosted as part of the BBC website. The renaming in 2016 coincided with the transfer of the website to a stand-alone site. Works by some 40,000 painters held in more than 3,000 collections are now on the website. The catalogues and website allow readers to see an illustration, normally in colour, and short description of every painting in the UK's national collections. This information has significant educational benefits and constitutes the building blocks for later art historical research. Revenue from catalogue sales made by collections is dedicated to the conservation and restoration of oil paintings in their care. Coverage includes national and local museums and council collections, paintings in universities, bishops' palaces of the Church of England, hospitals, the properties owned by the National Trust, and some other private institutions such as the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge universities. The collections of bodies such as Arts Council England, English Heritage and the Government Art Collection are included. However, the Royal Collection is not included. Art UK receives major funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and other sources. In November 2016, Apollo magazine awarded Art UK the prize of "Digital Innovation of the Year". Artist Yinka Shonibare is Art UK's 2019 patron and has praised the charity's efforts, "public sculpture is the most democratic way to share art [...] it transcends race, class, or economic status". (en)
  • Art UK est une organisation caritative culturelle et éducative basée au Royaume-Uni connue auparavant sous le nom de Public Catalogue Foundation. Depuis 2003, elle a numérisé plus de 220 000 peintures de plus de 40 000 artistes et étend actuellement sa collection numérique à la sculpture publique britannique. Elle a été créée pour le projet, achevé entre 2003 et 2012, d’obtenir suffisamment de droits pour permettre au public de voir les images des quelque 210 000 peintures à l’huile appartenant au public au Royaume-Uni. À l'origine, les peintures étaient accessibles via une série de catalogues de livres abordables, principalement par comté. Plus tard, les mêmes images et informations ont été placées sur un site Web en partenariat avec la BBC, initialement appelé Your Paintings, hébergé sur le site Web de la BBC. Le changement de nom en 2016 a coïncidé avec le transfert du site Web vers un site autonome. Les œuvres de quelque 40 000 peintres répartis dans plus de 3 000 collections sont maintenant sur le site Web. Les catalogues et le site Web permettent aux lecteurs de voir une illustration, généralement en couleur, ainsi qu'une brève description de chaque tableau des collections nationales du Royaume-Uni. Cette information présente des avantages éducatifs significatifs et constitue le fondement de la recherche future en histoire de l'art. Les recettes provenant de la vente par catalogue des collections sont consacrées à la conservation et à la restauration des peintures à l'huile dont elles sont responsables. La couverture comprend les musées nationaux et locaux et les collections de conseils, les peintures dans les universités, les palais des évêques de l'Église anglicane, les hôpitaux, les propriétés appartenant au National Trust et certaines autres institutions privées telles que les collèges des universités d'Oxford et de Cambridge. Les collections d'organismes tels que le Conseil des arts d'Angleterre, English Heritage et la Collection d'art du gouvernement sont incluses. Cependant, la collection royale n'est pas incluse. Art UK reçoit un financement important du Heritage Lottery Fund et d'autres sources. En novembre 2016, Apollo Magazine a décerné à Art UK le prix de « l'innovation numérique de l'année ». L'artiste Yinka Shonibare est la protectrice d'Art 2019 et a loué les efforts de l'association caritative. «La sculpture publique est le moyen le plus démocratique de partager l'art [...] car elle transcende la race, la classe sociale ou le statut économique». (fr)
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  • To create a complete digital record of the UK's collection of oil, tempera and acrylic paintings and sculpture and to make art accessible to the public.
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  • August 2016 (en)
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  • Art UK (en)
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  • To create a complete digital record of the UK's collection of oil, tempera and acrylic paintings and sculpture and to make art accessible to the public. (en)
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  • Art UK is a cultural, education charity in the United Kingdom, previously known as the Public Catalogue Foundation. Since 2003, it has digitised more than 220,000 paintings by more than 40,000 artists and is now expanding the digital collection to include UK public sculpture. The catalogues and website allow readers to see an illustration, normally in colour, and short description of every painting in the UK's national collections. This information has significant educational benefits and constitutes the building blocks for later art historical research. (en)
  • Art UK est une organisation caritative culturelle et éducative basée au Royaume-Uni connue auparavant sous le nom de Public Catalogue Foundation. Depuis 2003, elle a numérisé plus de 220 000 peintures de plus de 40 000 artistes et étend actuellement sa collection numérique à la sculpture publique britannique. (fr)
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