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News 30 Mar 2022 By CAS Team

Contemporary Art Society has acquired two paintings by Charmaine Watkiss for Abbot Hall, Lakeland Arts.

“Having my works acquired by the Contemporary Art Society for placement at Abbot Hall affirms that as an artist my work has a wider cultural value. I am pleased that…
Two Cubes (2018) Hand Embroidery, cotton on wool. Each cube 5 x 5 x 5cm Vitrine/Cover - museum grade UV Perspex Base – Painted birch plywood. Display – Steel rod and plywood 20 (d) x 20 (w) x 30 (h) cm
News 24 Feb 2022 By CAS Team

The CAS has recently acquired two works by Richard McVetis for Huddersfield Art Gallery

Richard McVetis is an artist based in London whose practice is deeply rooted in process and habitual ritual making. For over a decade he has been using hand embroidery to…
Alberta Whittle, Mammmmmmmmywata Presents Life Solutions International, 2016. Image courtesy the artist and Copperfield Gallery
News 25 Jan 2022 By CAS Team

The CAS acquires video and digital collages by Alberta Whittle for The Atkinson in Southport

Whittle will represent Scotland at the 59th Biennale di Venezia in 2022 and her work aims to unsettle people from their positions of privilege and passivity to elicit collective care and compassion.
Alexandra Bircken, The Doctor, 2020. Courtesy of the artist and Herald St, London.
Recent Acquisitions 15 Dec 2021 By Marcus Crofton

Alexandra Bircken’s The Doctor donated to the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow through the Valeria Napoleone XX Contemporary Art Society Scheme
Anya Paintsil, I am the Predator, not the prey II, 2021. Presented by the Contemporary Art Society to Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, 2021/22. Courtesy of Ed Cross Fine Art, London © the artist
Recent Acquisitions 24 Nov 2021 By Jessica Lowe-Mbirimi

The CAS commissions two textile works by Anya Paintsil for Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle
Oscar Murillo, Poetics of Flight (one of four) IV, 2020
Recent Acquisitions 25 Oct 2021 By CAS Team

The CAS acquires four drawings created by Oscar Murillo whilst travelling on planes for Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Renee So, Janus Vessel Man, 2019. Stoneware, 45 x 25 x 25. © Renee So. Courtesy of the artist and Kate MacGarry, London. Photography: Angus Mill.
Recent Acquisitions 28 Sep 2021 By CAS Team

The CAS acquires a Janus-faced stoneware vessel by Renee So for Bristol Museum & Art Gallery through its Omega Fund
Gillian Wearing CBE, RA, Untitled, 2020. Oil on board, 40.5 x 30.5 cm. Presented to Rugby Art Gallery and Museum by the Contemporary Art Society with support from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Rugby Museum & Art Gallery and the Zabludowicz Collection, 2020/21.
Recent Acquisitions 24 Aug 2021 By Jessica Lowe-Mbirimi

The CAS acquires a self portrait by Gillian Wearing for Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, capturing the artist’s state of mind in lockdown
Rosalind Nashashibi , ‘South of France’, 2018. Oil and nylon tights on canvas, 110 x 90 x 2 cm. Presented to Southampton City Art Gallery by the Contemporary Art Society, 2019/20
Recent Acquisitions 28 Jul 2021 By Jessica Lowe-Mbirimi

The CAS acquires a painting by Rosalind Nashashibi that incorporates nylon tights for Southampton City Art Gallery
James Rigler, 'Old Money' 2020. Presented to GoMA, Glasgow, by the Contemporary Art Society through the Jackson Tang Ceramics Award, 2020/21
Recent Acquisitions 24 Jun 2021 By CAS Team

Glasgow’s GoMA receives a major installation by ceramicist James Rigler through Jackson Tang Ceramics Award
Thomas J. Price, Mental Structure #19 (Just Beyond This) (3 views), 2015. Purchased with support from Art Fund, Contemporary Art Society and the Heslam Trust, 2020/21
Recent Acquisitions By Jessica Lowe-Mbirimi

The CAS helps acquire three bronze heads by sculptor Thomas J. Price for The Collection Museum and Usher Gallery, Lincoln
Goshka Macuga, Make Tofu Not War, 2018. Presented to Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery with support from the Art Fund, Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Contemporary Art Society, 2019/20
Recent Acquisitions 26 May 2021 By Jessica Lowe-Mbirimi

The CAS supports the donation of a provocative 3D tapestry by Goshka Macuga to Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery

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