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Major Collection of Middle Eastern Photography being Built for National Museums (UK)

The Art Fund today announced that it has embarked upon an exciting new venture - the creation of a national collection of recent Middle Eastern photography, to be owned jointly by the V&A and the British Museum.

The collection will be known as The Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern photography at the V&A and the British Museum.

In total, the charity is allocating £100,000 to enable the two museums to build the Collection, which is to encompass photography from the Middle East spanning the 20th century to the present day, and to embrace works by artists from across the region, whether living in their countries of origin or in diaspora. The Collection is to embrace both celebrated names and emerging talents, and to cover subject matter as diverse as documentary-style reportage shots to more experimental, digital pieces.

Works acquired already demonstrate a diverse spread across the Middle East, from Morocco to Lebanon and Palestine to Saudi Arabia, and across the decades.

Once the Collection is complete, the two museums will work towards a major exhibition showcasing the Collection in 2012...
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