British art treasures to be shown in Britain for first time
Known as the "museum without walls" because it has no permanent home, the British Council's 8,000-strong collection of 20th century art usually travels the world to promote the UK.
But a series of exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery in east London next year will make it available to a British audience for the first time.
One of the country's most important arts venues, the gallery has been undergoing a £13.5 million refit for the past two years after acquiring the former library building next door.
Following its reopening in April it will host five exhibitions to show the British Council's collection which includes works by the sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth and painters David Hockney and Lucian Freud which have not been shown in the UK before.
First established in the 1930s as a showcase for British talent, the collection has helped nurture once little-known names...
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But a series of exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery in east London next year will make it available to a British audience for the first time.
One of the country's most important arts venues, the gallery has been undergoing a £13.5 million refit for the past two years after acquiring the former library building next door.
Following its reopening in April it will host five exhibitions to show the British Council's collection which includes works by the sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth and painters David Hockney and Lucian Freud which have not been shown in the UK before.
First established in the 1930s as a showcase for British talent, the collection has helped nurture once little-known names...