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Loans

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts lends widely to public exhibitions within the UK and internationally. We welcome requests to lend items from the collection to public exhibitions that contribute to knowledge and understanding of their subject.

Scroll down to see the artworks currently on loan and find out where you can visit them. This page also explains how you can borrow an artwork from the Barber.

Loans Moratorium:

Please note that due to refurbishment works, the Barber Institute is currently unable to process any new loan requests.

Subject to the usual 12 months’ notice for international loans, and 9 months’ notice for UK loans, we welcome loan requests for exhibitions opening from January 2026.

Current Loans

Click on the images below to see where you can view our current loans.

Frans Hals, A Portrait of a Man Holding a Skull, about 1610 – 14

Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Frans Hals

12 July 2024 to 3 November 2024

Simone Martini, Saint John the Evangelist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Siena: The Rise of Painting (1300-1350)

7 October 2024 to 26 January 2025

Photo: Ben Davis

Attributed to the Sheldon tapestry workshops, ‘Griffin’ Tapestry Cushion Cover, [Barcheston, Oxfordshire] c.1600

Chastleton, National Trust

On long term loan

Photo: Emma Telford, Textile Conservator

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres; after Leonardo da Vinci, La belle Ferroniniére

Dordrechts Museum, The Netherlands

LIBERTÉ! Ary Scheffer and French Romanticism

19 October 2024 to 23 March 2025

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Paolo and Francesca

Dordrechts Museum, The Netherlands

LIBERTÉ! Ary Scheffer and French Romanticism

19 October 2024 to 23 March 2025

Borrowing from the Barber Institute