Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art
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The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA) is a committee
of the United Kingdom
government, advising the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the export of cultural property
. Some of its roles were shifted to the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
(MLA) in 2005 after the Goodison Report and the MLA now provides the secretariat to the Committee. It is currently chaired by Lord Inglewood
.
If an artwork is sold to a foreign buyer, it also advises the DCMS on whether to delay the granting of an export licence in order to allow time for a British buyer to raise funds to buy the work instead and keep it in the UK, if the committee decides the work is of high enough quality and has a sufficiently significant British connection - this is known as an export bar.
Committee
A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"...
of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
government, advising the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the export of cultural property
Cultural property
Cultural property are the physical constituents of the cultural heritage of a group or society.-Definition:Article 1 of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of 1954 defines cultural property as follows:...
. Some of its roles were shifted to the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council is a non-departmental public body in England and a registered charity with a remit to promote improvement and innovation in the area of museums, libraries and archives...
(MLA) in 2005 after the Goodison Report and the MLA now provides the secretariat to the Committee. It is currently chaired by Lord Inglewood
Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood
William Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood MEP DL, usually called Richard Inglewood is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom...
.
If an artwork is sold to a foreign buyer, it also advises the DCMS on whether to delay the granting of an export licence in order to allow time for a British buyer to raise funds to buy the work instead and keep it in the UK, if the committee decides the work is of high enough quality and has a sufficiently significant British connection - this is known as an export bar.
See also
- Modern Rome – Campo VaccinoModern Rome – Campo VaccinoModern Rome – Campo Vaccino is a landscape by British artist J. M. W. Turner completed in 1839. It is Turner's final painting of Rome and had been in the possession of the family of the 5th Earl of Rosebery since 1878, until the painting came to auction, 7 July 2010. It was bought by the J...
- Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino, 1839, by J. M. W. TurnerJ. M. W. TurnerJoseph Mallord William Turner RA was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting...
- Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino, 1839, by J. M. W. Turner