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# Rapid Response Fund provides new works for Hove Museum
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/rapid-response-fund-provides-new-works-for-hove-museum/
- Published: 2020-07-13T07:07:05.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-13T07:07:05.000Z
- Description: The Contemporary Art Society Rapid Response Fund buys 12 ceramic and three tapestry works by Matt Smith, which will form a central focus for the displays at Hove Museum when it reopens.
- Author: Contributor
- Tags: Arts, Exhibitions, In The South, Information, News, Out & About, Queer Corner, Hove, Sussex

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The **Contemporary Art Society** (CAS)[ **Rapid Response Fund**](http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org/special-projects/rapid-response-fund/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), a new initiative supporting artists and museums during the Covid-19 pandemic, has bought 12 ceramic and three tapestry works by[ **Matt Smith**,](http://mattjsmith.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) which will form a central focus for the displays at [**Hove Museum**](https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/hove/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) when it reopens.

Much of Matt Smith’s work explores and comments on marginalised history and it will form a key inspiration for activity sessions as the museum expands its work with groups with varied critical social needs.

Matt Smith said: *‘What museums collect, and what this tells us about what society deems important, is an ongoing fascination to me.*

*‘Recent events have shown how important objects, and particularly sculpture, are in the national debate about who we are and how we got here.*

*‘I have worked with the museums in Brighton & Hove many times over the last decade and am delighted that this acquisition leads on from that relationship. I look forward to seeing how the works are interpreted and curated to help the widest possible audience feel welcomed and visible within the museums.’*

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Cllr **Carmen Appich**, chair of the city’s **Tourism, Equalities, Communities and Culture Committee**, said: *‘We are delighted to receive this generous award from the Contemporary Art Society enabling us to acquire a significant body of works by Matt Smith.*

*‘I am very excited about these works at Hove Museum & Art Gallery which is in my ward. They will form a central focus of display when it reopens to the public as well as providing inspiration for creative sessions with some of our most vulnerable community groups.’*

The CAS Rapid Response Fund, in partnership with **Frieze London**, is being used to purchase works by artists to add to collections of museums across the UK – ensuring financial support goes where it is needed most.

Rapid Response Fund applications are reviewed by the 2020 **CAS Acquisitions Advisory Committee**, an external panel chaired by **Caroline Douglas**, Director of the CAS, consisting of leading curators, writers and artists. **For more info on the Rapid Response Fund, [visit their website](http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org/special-projects/rapid-response-fund/?ref=scenemag.co.uk).**

**More info on Hove Museum can be found by [clicking here](https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/hove/?ref=scenemag.co.uk).**

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