Museum Members subsequently putting in bids for the works that had been purchased. Special projects In addition to its Fine Art and Omega Fund acquisitions schemes, the Contemporary Art Society runs a number of competitive Special Projects with the support of individual collectors. Great Works: Great Works aims to address the absence in UK regional museums of works by leading British artists who have established major international reputations over the last 20 years. Acquisitions include works by Glenn Brown for the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle and Cerith Wyn Evans for Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales. Collections Fund at Frieze: The Collections Fund at Frieze is designed to support the acquisition of significant contemporary works from Frieze Art Fair to be gifted to Contemporary Art Society Museum Members across the UK. Acquisitions through this scheme have included major works by John Akomfrah, Hito Steyerl and Kehinde Wiley. Valeria Napoleone XX Contemporary Art Society: Valeria Napoleone XX Contemporary Art Society is a joint initiative of philanthropist Valeria Napoleone and the Contemporary Art Society that purchases and donates a significant work by a living female artist to a UK museum each year. Acquisitions through this scheme have included works by Aliza Nisenbaum, Berni Searle and Martine Syms. Jackson Tang Ceramics Award: The Jackson Tang Ceramic Award supports a major acquisition of ceramic work for UK museums each year and is open to both Fine Art and Craft scheme members. Three sculptures by Chiara Camoni were the first works to be acquired through this scheme. Gifts and bequests In 1957 Robert Sainsbury, a major patron of the arts, gifted the CAS a sum of £1,600 to be used for the acquisition of four paintings by Francis Bacon. W. A. Evill and Loraine Conran from the CAS Executive Committee subsequently selected Figures in a Landscape (1956), donated to Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; Study for Figure No 4 (1956), donated to the Art Gallery of South Australia; Study of Figure no 6 (1957), donated to Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University; and Study for a Portrait of Van Gogh IV (1957), donated to Tate. Tom Bendhem served on the CAS committee from 1984 to 1992 and upon his death in 2002 left his entire art collection and a property in Kensington to the charity. Much of the art was distributed to CAS museum members and the proceeds from the sale of the property secured a