{"id":348626,"date":"2026-01-02T19:23:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T19:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/348626\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T19:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T19:23:04","slug":"access-to-sunderlands-10m-art-collection-to-be-improved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/348626\/","title":{"rendered":"Access to Sunderland&#8217;s \u00a310m art collection to be improved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Access to a council&#8217;s multi-million pound art collection is set to be improved as figures reveal more than 7,600 art objects are hidden from &#8220;public view&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sunderland City Council said it plans to display some of its \u00a310m artwork through &#8220;roadshows&#8221; and special events while it expands its galleries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The objects not currently on display include decorative arts, watercolours and prints, paintings, photography and sculptures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Councillor Beth Jones, cabinet member for communities, culture and tourism, said: &#8220;We are committed to caring for our culture and ensuring that Sunderland&#8217;s art collection continues to inspire, educate and be enjoyed by generations to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Access to a council&#8217;s multi-million pound art collection is set to be improved as figures reveal more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-348626","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}