"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."
"Or search Martin Creed, the artist who won the Turner prize for a work where the lights in a room go on and off, and you find 24 of his works in public collections, including his crumpled-up ball of paper in Manchester. The database is an incredible resource that should be so much better known, Terrett said. It's a great thing, he said."
Art UK has reached a million artworks in its database and has appointed Ben Terrett as its new chair during its tenth anniversary. The organisation began by digitally cataloguing UK paintings and has expanded to include drawings, watercolours, ceramics, sculptures, stained glass, banners, architectural drawings and street murals. The database includes diverse items from a bronze Rodin Eve in Harlow and over 6,000 JMW Turner works to a crumpled A4 owned by Manchester Art Gallery. The resource offers searchable entries, revealing unexpected connections such as 53 'mosquito' listings and 24 works by Martin Creed, including a crumpled paper piece.
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