Art Fund campaigns to save Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage from private sale
UK charity Art Fund has released photos of filmmaker Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, England, as part of its fundraising campaign to prevent the renowned house and garden from being sold.
Art Fund's campaign is seeking £3.5 million to save the deceased filmmaker and gardener's former home for the public.
If the money is not raised by the 31 March 2020 deadline, the property will be offered for sale to a private individual on the open market.
Jarman was a filmmaker, artist and activist, who died in 1994 of complications arising from the Aids virus.
He moved to the Kent coast following his diagnosis and created a world-renowned house and shingle garden in the shadow of the nuclear power station.
"Prospect Cottage is a living, breathing work of art, filled with the creative impulse of Derek Jarman at every turn," said Art Fund director Stephen Deuchar. "It's imperative we come together to save the cottage, its contents and its extraordinary garden as a source of creative inspiration for everyone."
Deuchar announced the campaign launch with a series of rewards from celebrated artist supporters that members of the public receive if they donate a particular sum.
Pledges start at £5, with funders who spend £100 receiving a colourful A4 print of the cottage by Michael Craig-Martin.
Artist Wolfgang Tillmans has offered signed prints of an agave plant that features an extract of a John Doone poem that can be found on the cottage's wall for £...
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