The Impact of your Support
Through your support, we have been able to donate over 10,500 works of fine art and craft to public collections. As a result, 90% of Museum Members responded to our annual survey saying it was their foremost priority to make their collection more representative of a diverse audience.
I support the Contemporary Art Society because this is an arts organisation for the whole of the UK. It is not just centred on one city.
Supporting Emerging and Established Artists
Omega Fund
The principal aim of our Omega Fund is to purchase the work of artists who show much promise, are exhibiting widely but may still be at an early stage in their career.
Donated to Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. © Carlos Bunga. Photo credit: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery.
Collections Fund at Frieze
The Collections Fund at Frieze is a purchase prize, designed to acquire major work by living artists, addressing some of the most pressing issues of the day.
Donated to Towner Eastbourne. © Dineo Bopape. Photo credit: Towner
Great Works
Great Works aims to address the absence in regional museums and galleries across the UK of works by British artists who have established international reputations over the last 20 years.
Donated to Wolverhampton Art Gallery. © Steve McQueen. Courtesy the artist, Thomas Dane Gallery and Marian Goodman Gallery
Partnership with Henry Moore Foundation
The Contemporary Art Society and Henry Moore Foundation have formed a partnership, generously supported by Cathy Wills, to donate contemporary sculpture to museums in the UK.
Donated to Leeds Art Gallery. © Emii Alrai. Photo credit: Matt Denham
I feel immensely supported and encouraged knowing the work has found the best possible home, local to where I live, in a gallery whose collection has shaped my thinking and encourage my making.
Supporting Representation across Intersections of Identity
Valeria Napoleone XX Contemporary Art Society
An Acquisitions scheme focused on gender inequality in the arts.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery. © Aliza Nisenbaum. Photo courtesy the artist and Mary Mary, Glasgow.
Griffin Award
The Griffin Award is designed to support the acquisition or commission of an important work in a craft medium.
Donated to Graves Gallery. © Francisca Onumah. Photo credit: Jerry Lampson
Ada Award
The Ada Award is designed to support the purchase of significant works by mid-career women artists in the UK.
Donated to Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives. © Rita Keegan, Photo credit: Andy Stagg.
Partnership with the National Gallery Artist in Residence Programme
The programme comprises a partnership with the Contemporary Art Society and the designation of the National Gallery Artist in Residence, a twelve-month appointment in collaboration with a non-London museum member.
Donated The Herbert, Coventry. © Ali Cherri. Photo credit: The National Gallery, London
I love that the Contemporary Art Society is on the cutting edge of what the best artists of our time are making in this moment.
Individual Membership
Joining the Contemporary Art Society as a Patron enables significant works of contemporary art to enter public collections across the country where they are enjoyed by millions.
Close to the leadership of the Contemporary Art Society, our Patrons enjoy informed and inspirational involvement with contemporary art and collecting. They receive a range of bespoke benefits including exclusive access to contemporary artists, curators and collections in the UK and internationally.
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