An amazing commitment from the BBC. As our colleague said when she posted this to the VRA list, Wowie Zowie!
Eileen Fry
Indiana University
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Subject: [VRA-L] BBC to put nation's oil paintings online
One of our art historians sent me this link today. Wowie zowie!
"The BBC is to put every one of the 200,000 oil paintings in public
ownership in the UK on the internet as well as opening up the Arts
Council's vast film archive online as part of a range of initiatives
that it has pledged will give it a "deeper commitment to arts and
music".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/28/bbc-digitalmedia
Leigh Holmwood
Wednesday January 28 2009
guardian.co.uk
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