Government Art Collection

• Published by: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Last updated: 19 June 2026
• Topic: Government
• Licence: Open Government Licence

Summary

Data on works of art in the Government Art Collection (GAC) For over 100 years, the UK Government Art Collection has collected works of art to display in British Government buildings around the world, promoting British art and culture. Data on all works of art in the Collection includes artist, title, subject, location, provenance, description of the work and biographical information about artists for over 15,000 works of art on the website. Image Copyright While there are references to images of works of art in these data streams, the images are subject to UK copyright law. You should satisfy yourself that you have made appropriate arrangements before using any of these images. Please refer to the Copyright and Licencing Images pages on our website to find out how to obtain licences for images. We are currently reviewing our copyright and licensing so some aspects of these processes may change in the future. (Copyright and licensing links in additional resources)

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Link to the data	Format	File added	Data preview
Subject terms	HTML	17 September 2018	Not available
Place names	HTML	17 September 2018	Not available
Explore the Collection	HTML	17 September 2018	Not available
Artists	HTML	17 September 2018	Not available
Licensing images	HTML	01 November 2013	Not available
Crown Copyright	HTML	01 November 2013	Not available

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