Brighton and Hove council owns more than 15,000 pieces of artwork a Freedom of Information request has revealed. 

The Brighton Argus report: 

A cash-strapped council has ruled out the sale of a single piece from its £32million art collection – despite the majority of the artwork gathering dust in storage.

Brighton and Hove City Council has one of the most impressive art collections in the country including valuable paintings by Turner, Constable and Gainsborough.

But despite £50 million of savings to be found during the next two years, and a 2% increase in council tax on the cards from April, the authority is refusing to part ways with any of its works. 

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Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.