COURTAULD INSTITUTE TO RECEIVE OVER $13 MILLION FROM HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND

The Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London, one of the world’s preeminent study centers dedicated to art history, curation, and conservation, has just announced that the UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund will contribute more than $13 million for phase one of a major renovation to the institute.

The Heritage Lottery Fund is supported by the UK’s National Lottery and is the “largest dedicated funder of heritage in the UK,” according to the HLF’s website. This money will help the institute expand the Courtauld Gallery to accommodate its growing permanent collection, remodel its entrance for easier visitor access, and add a new learning center for the public, among other additions and initiatives.

Professor and Märit Rausing Director of the Courtauld Deborah Swallow said, “We are taking Samuel Courtauld’s vision of art for all and reimagining the Courtauld for the twenty-first century so that new audiences around the world can benefit from our work and his legacy.”