National Gallery to lend its Crivelli masterpieces to Birmingham`s Ikon Gallery for award-winning exhibition
(Artdaily.org)

Ikon Gallery in Birmingham is the winner of the inaugural £125,000 Ampersand Foundation Award which will enable the gallery to realise its dream of staging an exhibition of works by the 15th century master, Carlo Crivelli. The Trustees of the National Gallery in London have agreed to lend four masterpieces by Crivelli for the exhibition. The exhibition Carlo Crivelli. Radical Illusionism in the 15th Century will be presented at Ikon during summer 2021. The Ikon’s exhibition proposal fought off strong competition from four other shortlisted galleries across the UK. Jonathan Watkins, Ikon’s Director said: “An exhibition of work by the 15th century painter Carlo Crivelli is not only a dream come true for Ikon, but also something that I have always really wanted to do. Since being an undergraduate I have been fascinated by