29 JANUARY 1921, Page 25

The Contemporary Art Society has issued a report of its

work during the years of war. Its purpose is to acquire works of modern art for loan or gift to public galleries, and the report, which is illustrated, shows that the society acquired a number of interesting pictures and drawings in the period named— among them works by Mr. Muirhead Bone, Mr. John, Mr. D. Y. Cameron, and Mr. C. J. Holmes. The society is now anxious to extend its operations and to buy more foreign pictures. The honorary secretary is Sir C. Kendall-Butler, Bourton House, S'inivenham.