A special message from the Art UK Development Manager

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A special message from the Art UK Development Manager
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Photo credit: John Cairns

We’d like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all the people who have supported our work to date.

We are a small charity and are constantly facing funding challenges. This newsletter focuses on why we need your support to sustain and grow Art UK.

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Your support makes a difference. Here are the Top 10 things your donations have helped us achieve.

photo credit: John Cairns

Read about Art UK's plans to digitise the nation's collection of public sculpture.

photo credit: Pete Jones

See portraits of famous philanthropists on Art UK, including this one of Hannah More.

Hannah More (1745–1833), (detail), c.1780, oil on canvas by Frances Reynolds (c.1729–1807)
photo credit: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

We can only begin to imagine what a world without Art UK would be like. It might look a bit like this.

An Angel Leading a Soul into Hell, (detail), oil on wood by follower of Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450–1516)
photo credit: Wellcome Library

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