Following a ten-week-long campaign, the artistic landmark has been saved ✨ DerekJarman ProspectCottage
, and the Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell, another of Jarman’s protégées – in January this year, after Prospect Cottage, currently under ownership by the Keith Collins Will Trust, was at risk of being sold privately and its contents dispersed. Now Art Fund, who ran the campaign, will purchase the site, leaving– Kent’s leading arts organisation – as the custodians.
Most of the donations came from the art world – a considerable feat considering the events of recent weeks, whereby the outbreak of Covid-19 has left many artistic institutions with their own uncertain futures. Major grants came from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, which donated £750,000, Art Fund itself which donated £500,000 and the Linbury Trust, which donated £250,000.
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