Government Art Collection faces the public

Anonymous 16th-century British artist, Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Oil on panel, chosen by Peter Mandelson Photograph: Crown Copyright: Government Art Collection

Barbara Hepworth, Conoid, Sphere and Hollow II, Marble sculpture Photograph: Alan Bowness, Hepworth Estate/courtesy of the Government Art Collection

Bob and Roberta Smith, Peas Are The New Beans, Vinyl paint on panel, chosen by Paul Boateng Photograph: Bob and Roberta Smith/courtesy of the Government Art Collection

Dan Holdsworth, C-type photograph on aluminium Photograph: Dan Holdsworth/courtesy of the Government Art Collection

Derek Boshier, I Wonder What My Heroes Think of the Space Race, Oil on canvas Photograph: Derek Boshier/courtesy of the Government Art Collection

Edward Lear, Road near Galle, Ceylon, Oil on canvas Photograph: Crown Copyright: Government Art Collection

Kenneth Martin, Chance and Order 4 (Green), Oil on canvas Photograph: Estate of the artist/courtesy of the Government Art Collection

LS Lowry, Passing the Queen Victoria Memorial, Coronation, Oil on canvas Photograph: Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO/Government Art Collection

Martin Creed, Work No. 253: THINGS, Yellow neon sculpture Photograph: Martin Creed/courtesy of the Government Art Collection

Paul Nash, Event on the Downs, Oil on canvas Photograph: Tate, London, 2010/courtesy of the Government Art Collection

Vanessa Bell, Byzantine Lady, Oil on canvas Photograph: 1961 Estate of Vanessa Bell (Henrietta Garnett)/courtesy of the Government Art Collection