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Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art

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The Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art is a cross-party group of Members appointed by the Speaker to advise on the use and management of the Parliamentary Art Collection in the House of Commons.

Its work includes the purchase of works of art, safeguarding the Parliamentary Art Collection, ensuring new purchases are in line with the Acquisition Policy and to advise officials on the decorative interiors of the Commons areas of the Parliamentary Estate.

Find out more about the Parliamentary Art Collection on UK Parliament’s Heritage Collections Website.

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Committee news

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Artwork of the Month - October 2016
Stuart Pearson Wright's portrait of Diane Abbott MP selected to celebrate Black History Month
18 October 2016
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Artwork of the Month - August 2016
Ann Taylor - the first female Chief Whip
8 August 2016
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Artwork of the Month - July 2016
Statue of Margaret Thatcher
1 July 2016
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A new Dawn - Light sculpture celebrating women's vote revealed
Light sculpture celebrating women's votes
7 June 2016
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Artwork of the Month - June 2016
Portrait of Dadabhai Naoroji
3 June 2016
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Artwork of the Month - May 2016
Vanity Fair cartoon of the politician Henry Fawcett
3 May 2016
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Artwork of the Month - April 2016
Plucking the Red and White Roses in the Old Temple Gardens
30 March 2016
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Henry Moore Sculpture awarded listed status
Culture, Media and Sport award ‘Knife Edge Two Piece' list status
22 March 2016
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Artwork of the Month - March 2016
Harold Wilson by Henry Mee
1 March 2016
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Artwork of the month - February 2016
Bust of Harold Macmillan by Oscar Nemon chosen as February's artwork of the month
29 January 2016
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Portrait of Nick Clegg unveiled
Works of Art Committee unveils portrait of Nick Clegg by artist Brendan Kelly
20 January 2016
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Artwork of the month - January 2016
King Edward the Confessor chosen as January's artwork of the month
5 January 2016
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Artwork of the Month - December 2015
'Westminster Abbey' by Thomas Bowles chosen as December's artwork of the month
27 November 2015
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Annual Financial Report 2014-15 published
The Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art publishes its Annual Financial Report 2014-15
24 November 2015
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Artwork of the Month - November 2015
Bust of Oliver Cromwell chosen as November's artwork of the month
30 October 2015
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Artwork of the Month - October 2015
Emmeline Pankhurst's Imprisonment Medal chosen as October's artwork of the month
5 October 2015
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2015 Election Artwork unveiled in Speaker's House
General Election artwork unveiled in the State Rooms of Speaker's House
17 September 2015
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Artwork of the Month - September 2015
‘House of Commons, 1941' by John Piper chosen as September's artwork of the month
27 August 2015
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Artwork of the Month - August 2015
'The Anti-Saccharrites' by James Gillray chosen as August's artwork of the month
31 July 2015
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Caroline Nokes appointed Committee Chair
Speaker appoints first women to chair Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art Committee
8 July 2015
Total results 75 (page 3 of 4)