The Great British Art Tour: how a French artist gave us plenty to see in Barnard Castle
With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights and hidden gems from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Joséphine Bowes’s Château du Barry in the Bowes museum
The Château du Barry at Louveciennes, France, c1860–1862, by Joséphine Bowes. Photograph: The Bowes Museum
The Château du Barry at Louveciennes, France, c1860–1862, by Joséphine Bowes. Photograph: The Bowes Museum
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Fri 23 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT
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CULTURAL and creative organisations across the region are to receive a share of £400m as part of a vital financial boost from the Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced details of more than 2,700 organisations being offered millions of pounds in grants and loans to help the culture and heritage sector reopen and recover from the pandemic Among the recipients is Darlington Hippodrome, which will use its grant to offset losses from cancelled productions, retain jobs, secure the long-term future of the theatre and secure the purchase of new state-of-the-art cinema screening equipment. Heather Tarran-Jones, the Hippodrome’s director of programming and development, said: “We are delighted to receive news of this second Arts Council England grant.
The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle. THE Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle has received a grant of £704,161 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and reopen. More than £300 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations across the country, including The Bowes Museum in the latest round of support from the Culture Recovery Fund, the Culture Secretary announced on Friday. The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle is named after its founders, the businessman and philanthropist John Bowes and his French wife Joséphine, and opened to the public in 1892. It houses an internationally important collection of European fine and decorative art.
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