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Morel Doucet, Black Death - Crown of Thorns, 2019. Presented by the Contemporary Art Society to The Box, Plymouth through the Omega Fund, 2021
Recent Acquisitions 23 Feb 2021 By Jessica Lowe-Mbirimi

The CAS donates porcelain coffee pots by Haitian artist Morel Doucet to The Box, Plymouth
Lisa Brice, Untitled 1 – 5, 2019. Gouache on paper, 41.9 x 29.6. Image courtesy the artist.
Recent Acquisitions 27 Jan 2021 By Jessica Lowe-Mbirimi

The CAS presents five works on paper by South African artist Lisa Brice to The Whitworth, Manchester
Anne Hardy, Cipher, 2007. Purchased by Tate with assistance from the Contemporary Art Society, 2020. © Anne Hardy, courtesy Maureen Paley, London / Hove
Recent Acquisitions 18 Dec 2020 By Jessica Lowe-Mbirimi

The CAS supports the acquisition of a large-scale early work by Anne Hardy for Tate
Image: Simon Ling, Untitled, 2018. Presented to Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum of Wales by the Contemporary Art Society, with additional support from the Knapping Fund and the Derek Williams Trust. © the artist, courtesy greengrassi
Recent Acquisitions 25 Nov 2020 By Jessica Lowe-Mbirimi

The CAS acquires two large-scale works by painter Simon Ling for Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum of Wales
Lubaina Himid, The Crown, 2019. Courtesy of the artist.
Recent Acquisitions 28 Oct 2020 By Jessica Lowe-Mbirimi

The CAS acquires a work on paper by Turner Prize winner Lubaina Himid CBE for the Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
Samson Kambalu, 'Moses (Burning Bush)', 2015. Courtesy of the artist and Kate MacGarry.
Recent Acquisitions 24 Sep 2020 By Christine Takengny

The CAS acquires a film by Samson Kambalu for Bury Art Gallery, injecting a new medium into the museum’s collection of landscape works
Rina Banerjee, 'In turmeric Yellow, another world apart from ours, bathed in humans as resources, natural riches seated in natures warm throne, golden and delicious, encrusted in sugary plants and rambunctious animals waited, watched when small factories tired in the business of making money could not make me a mango' (2020). Courtesy of the artist.
Recent Acquisitions 26 Aug 2020 By Uma Karavadra

The CAS acquires a work on paper inspired by ancient Asian art by Rina Banerjee for The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Kaye Donachie, Monotonous Remorse, (2019). @ Kaye Donachie. Courtesy of the artist and Maureen Paley, London / Hove
Recent Acquisitions 30 Jul 2020 By Christine Takengny

The CAS acquires an evocative painting by Kaye Donachie for the Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Barbara Walker, I was there V, 2019. Courtesy of the artist and Cristea Roberts Gallery
Recent Acquisitions 26 Jun 2020 By Uma Karavadra

The CAS acquires two works on paper by Barbara Walker and a painting by Joy Gerrard for the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Lubna Chowdhary, Certain Times XXIV, 2019. Courtesy of the artist.
Recent Acquisitions 27 May 2020 By Uma Karavadra

The CAS acquires a ceramic tableau by Lubna Chowdhary for Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery through the Jackson Tang Ceramic Award
John Akomfrah, Untitled (2016). Image courtesy of the artist.
Recent Acquisitions 28 Apr 2020 By Uma Karavadra

The CAS acquires an evocative photograph by John Akomfrah for the Mead Art Gallery, University of Warwick Art Collection
Chantal Joffe, 'Bella in a Vest', 2016. © Chantal Joffe Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
Recent Acquisitions 24 Mar 2020 By Uma Karavadra

The CAS helps acquire a candid portrait of a girl by Chantal Joffe for the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

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