A £3.5 million fundraising target has been met to save a cottage formerly owned by the late artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman. The money was raised after campaigners secured the funding from over 7,300 donations made from more than 40 countries in a 10-week period. The cottage, which was at risk of being sold privately, will now be bought by the Art Fund charity, with the building, its contents and its garden being preserved. Jarman bought the house in 1986 (Adam Butler/PA)It will also play host to a residency programme for creatives in a number of different fields. Stephen Deuchar, director of Art Fund, said that securing the future of the cottage “may seem a minor thing by comparison with the global epidemic crisis which has recently enveloped all our lives”.

Source: Irish Independent March 31, 2020 21:11 UTC