Rhea Myers

Art Freedom Of Information Requests

WhatDoTheyKnow is an excellent website that allows you to make,check on and search Freedom of Information (FoI) requests in the UK.

Some of those FoI requests concern art.

Art organizations:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/search/art/bodies

The National Gallery:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/the_national_gallery

The NPG:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/the_national_portrait_gallery

And of course The Tate:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/the_tate_gallery

It’s interesting to see not just the answers but what kinds of things peopel are asking which organizations about (and whether they’re answering).