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We have been re-developing our Collection website so that it covers all of the Visual Arts team's work and the new site is now live. Find out about all of our touring exhibitions since the post-war period, see works from our Collection, and watch fantastic multimedia content about some of Britain's finest contemporary artists and works. Recently added content includes films of the
Gagarin in Britain exhibition and the Mabey Collection which features over 700 classic art posters from the 20th century.
Dame Paula Rego selected over 50 works from the British Council Collection for the exhibition
Thresholds which was shown at the Whitechapel Gallery in early 2010. The original exhibition has now been complemented by a further 60 pieces – again selected personally by Paula Rego – to make up the exhibition
My Choice, which will be shown in Cascais, Porto and Coimbra in Portugal during 2011.
Watch a film about the exhibition opening in Cascais and an interview with Paula Rego discussing some of the works she chose for the tour.
Douglas Gordon - 10 MS-¹ (1994). © Douglas Gordon. Gagarin in Manchester, 12 July 1961 Courtesy Gagarin Family Archive, Moscow Detail from Mike Nelson - I, IMPOSTOR (2011). Installation, British Pavilion; Venice Biennale 2011. Photo by Cristiano Corte
Douglas Gordon -
10 MS-¹ (1994). © The Artist Gagarin in Manchester, 1961. Courtesy Gagarin Family Archive, Moscow Detail from Mike Nelson - I, IMPOSTOR (2011). Photo by Cristiano Corte
Made in Britain
Showcasing innovative and controversial British art from the last thirty years, this exhibition of key works from the British Council Collection will tour to Chengdu, Xi’an, Hong Kong, and Suzhou during 2011/12.
Gagarin in Britain
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the First Manned Space Flight and the installation of the Yuri Gagarin statue on the Mall, the British Council presents
Gagarin in Britain, an exhibition on the life of Russian cosmonaut.
I, Impostor
Mike Nelson is the first installation artist to be invited to create a new work in the British Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. Nelson has been working in Venice since the beginning of March and the completed work is now on show until November 2011.
Showcasing innovative and controversial British art from the last thirty years, this exhibition of key works from the British Council Collection will tour to Chengdu, Xi’an, Hong Kong, and Suzhou during 2011/12.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the First Manned Space Flight and the installation of the Yuri Gagarin statue on the Mall, the British Council presents
Gagarin in Britain, an exhibition on the life of Russian cosmonaut.
Mike Nelson is the first installation artist to be invited to create a new work in the British Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. Nelson has been working in Venice since the beginning of March and the completed work is now on show until November 2011.
For more than 60 years the British Council has been collecting works of art to promote the achievements of our artists overseas.
Visit the Visual Arts website to find out more about the Collection, see artists' works, exhibition films and information about our touring exhibitions.
Mike Nelson is the first installation artist to be invited to create a new work in the British Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. Nelson has been working in Venice since the beginning of March and the completed work is now on show until November 2011. Check our
UK at the Venice Biennale website to find out more.
