Wednesday 17 January 2024
12 - 1pm
Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington
Chair
Vanessa Thorpe, News and Feature Writer, The Guardian
Panel
Nathaniel Hepburn, Director & CEO of Charleston,
Cecily Rainey, Manager, Acceptance in Lieu & Cultural Gifts Scheme at Arts Council England
Norman Coates, Donor/Benefactor
Nancy Saul, Senior Programme Manager, Art Fund (writer of recently published “Everybody is a winner: A guide to giving (and selling) art and cultural artefacts to UK Museums and Galleries)
For 2024 London Art Fair is delighted to partner with Charleston, the modernist home and studio of Bloomsbury group painters to celebrate their upcoming 50th anniversary.
In 2030 Charleston is set to celebrate 50 years since the charity was set up to safeguard the historic house and its collection. In January 2024 Charleston launches an ambitious search for 50 of the most significant Bloomsbury group artist paintings still held in private collections. The hope is that through generous gifts and legacies these important and unique objects will become part of Charleston’s extensive collection and reunited with what is already the largest collection of Bloomsbury group artworks worldwide.
The launch of ’50 for 50’ will take place at the London Art Fair in January when, as the fair’s Museum Partner for 2024, Charleston will unveil a selection of secured artworks alongside some of the most significant pieces from its collection.
This panel discussion will focus on the Charleston collection, its campaign and vision for expansion, the donors who have become part of its legacy, but will also talk more broadly about the benefits available to collectors transferring personal collections into the public domain, which helps to enrich the UK’s collections for the enjoyment of generations to come.
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Nancy Saul
Nancy Saul is Senior Programme Manager (Collections) at Art Fund, the national charity for art. Nancy oversees Art Fund’s support for collections, from grants for acquisitions and commissions to supporting donors to find the right home for their gift or bequest. She produced the recently published guide “Everybody is a winner”: A guide to giving (and selling) art and cultural artefacts to UK museums and galleries. You can find the guide here: Guide-to-Giving.pdf (artfund.org)
Nancy has held previous roles at Arts Council England (ACE) and the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS).
Vanessa Thorpe
Vanessa Thorpe has written on the arts, media and wider culture for The Observer for more than two decades, watching and commenting on the changing on the boom in arts renewal that followed the first burst of national lottery funding, the impact of the City of Culture schemes, and the more recent tussles for Arts Council of England funding.
Nathaniel Hepburn
Nathaniel is Director and CEO of the Charleston Trust, the modernist home of artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. The trust runs a dynamic programme of exhibitions, events and talks across the year. Prior to working at Charleston, Nathaniel was Director at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft and before this, founding curator of Mascalls Gallery in Paddock Wood, Kent.
Nathaniel is also Chair of the Sussex Modern board and a trustee of AIM (Association of Independent Museums)
Norman Coates
Norman Coates is a theatre designer and custodian of The Radev Collection.