Saved! A Century of Art for Everyone/Rodin in London

Synopsis: SAVED! - a film about the National Art Collections Fund, combined with RODIN IN LONDON abouone of the NACF’s greates gifts - Rodin’s The Burghers of Calais.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2003
Year of production: 2003
Notes: SAVED! was broadcast on Artsworld on 8/11/03.
Subjects: Art
Keywords: art collections; art exhibitions; National Art Collections Fund

Title: Saved!
Synopsis: Since 1903 the National Art Collections Fund has helped purchase more than 500,000 works of art for British museums and galleries. This amazing collection is celebrated in a film made alongside the Hayward Gallery’s exhibition Saved! to mark the NACF’s centenary. Ten of the greatest artworks bought with NACF help, among them Velasquez’s ‘Rokeby’ Venus and the Beckett Casket, are celebrated by curators and guests including author Ben Okri, broadcasters Joan Bakewell and Lloyd Grossman, and Tony Banks MP. The film also explores the history and workings of the Art Fund and highlights some of the most significant losses to national collections in the last 100 years.
Duration: 60 mins
Title: Rodin in London
Synopsis: RODIN IN LONDON which tells the story of one of the NACF’s greatest gifts, Auguste Rodin’s The Burghers of Calais. Cleaned and restored in 2003, this radical, expressive and moving monument was presented to the nation in controversial circumstances in 1914.
Duration: 20 mins

Name: Illuminations
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Notes: Illuminations produces and distributes programmes on arts-related subjects, some of which are made for television and others in conjunction with cultural institutions to accompany specific exhibitions. Many titles are available for sale on DVD, including continuing series on leading contemporary and twentieth century artists and modern architecture, as well as a few programmes on religion, drama, history and ideas.

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