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Nancy Balfour Memorial Appeal An appeal in memory of Nancy

Balfour OBE, who died last year, has been launched by the Contemporary Art Soci- ety. Nancy Balfour was chairman and then president of the Society. Works from her collection — which included items by Antony Gormley, Bridget Riley, Henry Moore and Bill Woodrow — have been bequeathed to the Contemporary Art Society to be given to its member museums, and can be seen at an exhibi- tion at the Economist Plaza, St James's, until 18 October. Organisations to bene- fit from the Nancy Balfour Memorial Appeal will include Arts Research and the Tate Gallery Archives. For more information contact the Contemporary Art Society on 0171-831 7311.