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Are you looking to insure for your most precious acquisitions? Love Art Insurance provides insurance for art lovers through the Brownhill Insurance Group.

All art collectors know how important it is to protect these precious commodities. This is equally important, whether the art is kept at a private home or on display in a gallery or at an artists’ studio or in a business premises.

Love Art Insurance are able to provide cover for private collections as well as a combined policy covering the contents and buildings as they apply to private clients as well as collections held in galleries and by artists. This includes stock and business risk. Artists who require cover for their art, whether this be in the studio, in a gallery or in transit are also catered for by Love Art Insurance.

Brownhill Insurance Group has become a leading insurance broker for high value home and art insurance within the UK, since its inception in 1980. Brownhill Insurance Group will, with its independent access to a variety of options, provide you with the specific cover you require for your individual insurance needs.

As a subsidiary of Brownhill, Love Art Insurance is able to offer exclusive cover for fine art and collectibles at affordable rates.

Look after what you Love: Get a quote online at Love Art Insurance or contact Christopher Digby of Brownhill Insurance Group to discuss how to insure your artworks. Tel: 0208 353 8925 Email: christopher@brownhillgroup.co.uk

Enjoy our other offers for art lovers, invitation to private views and charity gala evenings, and free tickets to many of the art fairs across the UK.

Ljubodrag Jankovic Jale, Still Life, Oil on canvas

Find out how to become an Art Fund member and get 12 months membership for the price of 9.

The Art Fund is a charity set up to allow all people to enjoy works of art that would otherwise have been lost. Established in 1903, close to 900,000 art works have been retrieved, thanks to the funds of 80,000 members. These people joined the Art Fund because they are lovers of art, but as a membership benefit they get admission to a number of galleries and museums all over the United Kingdom at a substantially reduced rate or even free.

So, what exactly do you get for your membership?

You have free admission to 200 galleries, museums, historic houses and castles throughout the United Kingdom. Your free entry gets you access to National Trust and English Heritage properties and places like The Courtauld Gallery and Kensington palace.

Added to this, you can have half price admission to some of the best museums and galleries, such as the Natural History Museum, Tate Modern and Tate Britain, the British Museum and the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. 50% off admission still applies, even if you qualify for concessionary rates.

As a member of the Art Fund, you will also qualify for many more special offers, such as special rates in quality hotels, discounts on tickets to live shows and some extra benefits like special discounts at museum cafes and restaurants in London. Of particular interest to our readers could be 2 for 1 entry to some of the best art fairs in the UK – Art London, Brighton Art Fair, Frieze Art Fair in Regent’s park.

You can also take advantage of holidays and cultural tours and cruises specially arranged just for you as a member. And there’s also a beautiful magazine, Art Quarterly, as a subscription. Members receive this magazine at no extra cost.

Find out on our members pages how to become an Art Fund member and get 12 months membership for the price of 9. This is just one of many special offers that FineArtGalleryPaintings seek out for art lovers. Enjoy other member offers that include private view invitations, complimentary tickets and 2for1 ticket offers to many art events in the UK, free art magazine subscriptions and many more.

Exclusive membership offer – One Year FREE subscriptions for both Modern Painters and Art+Auction leading international art magazines, saving you £40!!

Modern Painters is a monthly art magazine that includes profiles on two international artists per issue, columns by international contributors, interviews with and articles by contemporary artists and curators, information on exhibitions, books, performances, biennales and festivals.

Modern Painters is the ultimate international source for analysis of contemporary art and culture. It features an excellent mix of painting and sculpture to photography, film, architecture, books, design, and performance. It not only reports on, but helps to define and shape, important events and trends in the art and cultural worlds.

Magazine content is full of artwork by some of the most exciting talents working today, much of it previously unseen. The writing-by some of the best known voices inside and outside of the art world is fresh, incisive, and above all accessible.

Modern Painters provides a visually dynamic and empathetic voice to both readers steeped in the art world and those just entering it. Enjoy One Year FREE Subscription for both Modern Painters and Art+Auction and our other offers on membership pages that include complimentary and VIP tickets to many UK art events all year around.

Have you heard about “ArtRabbit”? It is a fantastic website, dedicated to keeping those interested in the contemporary art scene in the UK informed about what’s on and where. Basically, it acts as a connection between those venues showcasing contemporary art and their visitors.

ArtRabbit serves a comprehensive listing of all contemporary art events throughout the UK. Anyone can add events or read comments from other people, once you become a member you can even add to the comments. ArtRabbit also allows you to make your own customised and personalised list of events, then view it on a virtual map. You can then send it to your friends.

ArtRabbit also has a function that will add events to your favourites and send a reminder: brilliant for busy people! This way you will never miss another event.

It is absolutely free to join ArtRabbit. As a member, you can create an individual profile with all your favourite events. If you already have a blog, or homepage, or myspace page, you can just add the code from the widget page to paste it onto your page. That way, your website visitors can see your favourite shows.

Keep up to date with the latest UK art events and enjoy a wide range of our membership offers – private view invitations to exhibition openings, free and discounted entry to some of the most prestigious art fairs, free art magazine subscriptions and many more.

Dusan Djukaric, Nude, Watercolour

Do you have the desire to own beautiful works of art, without the capital to fund your wish?  Then the Collective may be just what you have been looking for!

The Collective has been in operation for over five years now. Membership allows people to share ownership and enjoyment of fantastic pieces of contemporary art, in their own homes. Traditionally, these artworks would have only been accessible to the wealthiest collectors. With the Collective, groups of art lovers can band together to buy art in a more affordable way. Imagine the thrill of viewing an outstanding artwork – in your own home!

The Collective has been, until now,  limited to a founding group in London. The time has come to expand the horizons of the Collective and as such, new members are being sought. At present, groups are being established in Bristol, Birmingham and Cambridge. Now is the time to join the Collective and establish your own buying group, no matter where you are in the country.

The Collective aims to become a national web-based network that has the ability to support its membership with advice, information and links. It is also envisaged that this increased network will create a system whereby exchanges can be made, together with the organisation of joint events and exhibitions. The national supporting network will be established in the near future.

The Collective has a number of aims. These are:

• to provide a more socially inclusive environment for contemporary art through the establishment of domestic collection.

• to provide all people with exposure to contemporary art, through visiting exhibitions, speaking with artists and actually living with the art in their own homes.

• creating a link between artists, new audiences and the market.

• increasing the number and diversity of collectors of contemporary art.

• promote the support of new contemporary artists and curators.

The Collective is planning the first national Collective Exhibition on Friday 16th October 2009 in Bristol, at the Tobacco Factory, event not to be missed!

Join us for FREE to find out about other similar initiatives and to access special offers available to our members – FREE art download and FREE subscriptions to digital editions of top international art magazines Art+Auction and Modern Painters, and many more.

Art lovers? Explore your passion with a FREE subscription to digital editions of Art and Auction, leading international art magazine that will take you deep inside the world of art. Enjoy our exclusive membership offer – One Year FREE Subscription to both Art+Auction and Modern Painters art magazines.

Art+Auction Magazine have been in the business for 30 years now and is considered by its readers and critics as the ‘art world’ bible. Published monthly, this magazine is dedicated to everything about arts and covers the international art markets, from antiques to contemporary art.

Every issue includes latest news on the art world, gallery exhibition previews, auction reviews and a calendar of gallery exhibitions, art fairs and antique shows throughout the world. It also includes information on a number of artists, rising or well-known, stories and controversies, information on schools of art and furniture and analyses of trends in the market. Regular columns include interviews with various artists and collectors who share their stories and experiences to the readers.

Art enthusiasts and collectors will find this magazine a good read and a perfect resource for all their art cravings. With an insider’s perspective of the art world, the information contained in each issue of Art and Auction is just what a reader who loves art are looking for. Sophisticated, substantial and entertaining, Art+Auction is the best choice in its field.

Enjoy free subscriptions to both Art and Auction and Modern Painters Magazines and many more membership offers – complimentary or 2for1 tickets for many of the UK art events all year around.

Branko Dimitrijevic, Lighthouse, Oil on canvas

On the first Thursday of every month many of East London top art galleries and museums open their doors late until 9pm for a chance to see and invest in art after hours. With more than 100 participating galleries and museums, this is a fantastic opportunity for art lovers to see amazing art, culture and events after hours.

The Art Map will give you a full list of participating First Thursdays galleries and museums, and a guided bus tour will take you around a selection of exhibiting places, where you can join leading curators, writers, academics and artists. Recommended itineraries are available that will take you through East London back streets, shops and bars nearby, and this is definitely the place to spend the First Thursday of every month.

East London is Europe’s largest cultural quarter and home to thousands of artists and over 160 galleries and First Thursdays is a major part of Late Night London campaign, which opens up London as a 24-hour city.

Become our member and receive information on other special events and offers available to our members – complimentary and 2for1 art fair tickets, FREE art competitions and FREE subscriptions to top international magazines Art+Auction and Modern Painters.

Ljiljana Milinkovic, Time, Oil on canvas

This government initiative is designed to help more people get involved in learning and playing music. The scheme allows individuals to apply for a loan of up to £2,000 for the purchase of any kind of musical instrument, and pay it back in nine monthly instalments, completely interest free. There is no administrative charge or handling fee when you take out the loan, so you will never be paying more for your purchase than the ticket price.

Take It Away scheme is open to everyone (over the age of 18), but primarily designed to help those who might otherwise be unable to afford an instrument appropriate for their needs. You can finance the purchase of any kind of musical instrument, whether new or reconditioned, from a tabla to a tenor horn, a bass guitar to a berimbau. You can also include music stands, stools, sheet music, amplifiers, equipment and sometimes tuition as part of your loan.

At the moment Take it away is only available through retailers based in England. However, the scheme may be extended to cover other parts of UK in the near future, in partnership with the Arts Councils of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Become our member – read more about this initiative, and receive information on similar offers in the future. Other member benefits include information on complimentary and 2for1 tickets to art events, FREE subscriptions to top international art magazines and many more.

Dragan Petrovic, Still life II, Oil on canvas

This government scheme launched in February 2009 offers thousands of free theatre tickets to anyone under 26. Free tickets are available for all sorts of theatre events including musical, dance, tragedy, comedy, circus and much more.

As a part of this scheme, over 200 venues across England are offering free admission, including some of the most prominent theatres and art centres, including National Theatre, Barbican Centre, Soho Theatre, Royal Court, Battersea Arts Centre in London, and many more.

Scheme will be running until 2011 and you can find available tickets online, with  a simple search based on your location. Certainly something we don’t see every day.

Read on our member pages how to enjoy A Night Less Ordinary promotion, and receive information on similar offers in the future.