Dear All

Delighted to report that the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) is supporting our Petition.  It has also called on Hertfordshire County Council to halt its planned sale of artworks. 

You can read more here:  http://nsead.org/news/index.aspx

Many thanks to the local and national journalists and press who have recently covered this story. 

Three articles that may be of particular interest:

- The Art Newspaper
Highlights concerns by the Art Fund about Hertfordshire's planned sale of artworks:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/uk-local-authority-plan-to-dispose-of-90-of-works-in-its-collection-rings-alarm-bells

- The Guardian
Hertfordshire’s planned sale compared to Rochdale’s commitment to its art collection and its efforts to display every single work it owns:  

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/mar/01/in-the-frame-two-radically-different-plans-for-civic-art-collections

- The Art Newspaper
Bob and Roberta Smith protesting Hertfordshire’s decision to auction art collection:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/bob-and-roberta-smith-protests-city-council-s-decision-to-auction-off-art-collection

Many thanks for your continued support.