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Overwhelming public response to a plea by Royal Museums Greenwich and the Art Fund has saved this portrait of Elizabeth I for the nation. It is known as the Armada Portrait because it is thought to have been commissioned by Sir Francis Drake, the hero of the battle with the Spanish fl eet in 1588, to mark the victory. Some 8,000 public donations were made in just ten weeks, which joined a £7.5m HLF grant. In all, over £10m was raised.The painting will go on display in the Queen’s House, which stands on the site of Greenwich Palace, where the fi rst Elizabeth was born. Above: The Armada PortraitGreenwich saves the QueenThe Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) is saddened to report the theft of a Tudor stained glass panel from 16th-century Withcote Chapel, near Market Harborough in Leicestershire. It is believed that the theft took place between July 24–30. The CCT is appealing to the public to help recover the panel, which measures approximately 37cm by 20cm and depicts the prophet Ezekiel. If you have details, contact Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111 or call 101, quoting crime reference number ‘16000 219189’.Below: The stolen panelCCT seeks stolen window Scotland now has a Dazzle Ship, commissioned as part of the 14–18 NOW WW1 centenary, by the Turner Prize-nominated Ciara Phillips. Called Every Woman, it is a reference to all vessels, even warships, being female. Formerly called MV Fingal, the ship is moored in Leith Docks, Edinburgh, where it had originally been based 100 years ago. The artist was particularly inspired by the women who worked on the fi rst dazzle designs – her design includes a message in Morse code reading ‘Every Woman a Signal Tower’, painted in retro-refl ective paint so that it shines out at night. Glasgow School of Art has launched an appeal to raise £80m for an ambitious campus project. The cost includes the restoration of the iconic Mackintosh Building following the disastrous fi re of May 2014, and the purchase of the nearby Stow College building and transformation into new studios. More details can be found at www.gsa.ac.uk/support-gsa/mackintosh-campus-appeal/support-us.Below: The Mackintosh building before the fi reScotlandÕs dazzling ideaGlasgow starts appealMartin Roth, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, is to use the £100,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year Award to recreate the long-lamented Circulation Department, which toured exhibitions around the country in partnership with local and regional museums and galleries. The V&A was announced as the 2016 winner by the Duchess of Cambridge, beating the Arnolfi ni in Bristol, the Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Jupiter Artland in West Lothian and York Art Gallery. Before the announcement, Roth said he was convinced the V&A would not win. “But if we did, we would spend the money on bringing back the Circulation Department,” he said. “It is almost 40 years since it was discontinued and staff still tell me that is what they would like restored. It would be the perfect project to use the money for.” The operation was axed in 1977 as a cost-cutting move by former Director Sir Roy Strong. Since then the V&A has gone through dramatic changes. At that time it was attracting 700,000 visitors a year; last year there were 3.4m.V&A to use Art Fund prize to revive regional touring ideaNew Heritage Alliance chiefThe Heritage Alliance has announced that its new Chief Executive will be Lizzie Glithero-West, replacing Kate Pugh OBE who leaves in September after 13 years in the role. Glithero-West is an expert in a wide range of policy areas including archaeology, heritage protection, gambling and tourism. She is currently adviser to Baroness Neville-Rolfe at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.Images ©: DigVentures; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico; Glasgow School of Art; CCT; RMG.12 NADFAS REVIEW / AUTUMN 2016 www.nadfas.org.ukARTS NEWS