Developing a collection of international contemporary art for the City of Glasgow

Thursday 15 Nov 2007

The Common Guild in a partnership with the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow has been awarded £1million by The Art Fund to help create a collection of international contemporary art over the next five years. The award is part of the charity’s new scheme Art Fund International and will support acquisitions of works by artists based outwith the UK.

For full details of the Art Fund International scheme, go to: Art Fund International

One of the most important and ambitious schemes The Art Fund has ever launched, it aims to encourage a radical change in the scale and ambition of contemporary art collecting in the UK. The Art Fund International application process required museums to form partnerships with contemporary art organisations for the first time.