British Council Art Online

The British Council is making its entire art collection available to view on the internet - all 8,000 works can be seen together for the first time. The UK's worldwide cultural body boasts one of the largest modern British art collections, including works by Hockney and Hirst. Henry Moore gave more than 250 works to the collection in 1984 to mark the Council's 50th anniversary. Council visual arts director Andrea Rose said there was an ever-growing demand to see the works - 80% of which are normally on show around the world. The collection has never been exhibited in its entirety because so many of the pictures are being shown overseas at any one time. For the full story - click the title Irish Art