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June 18, 2007
Big Art Gift in the News - two takes
The (London) Times Online ran a story today about the Tate's miss on a major collection of British works (and almost as an afterthought $50 million). The collection went to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Here's the Times story.
Here's the Clark's own press release about the gift.
The collection is on show at the Clark - here's the current exhibition page.
The comments on the Times Online story are pretty interesting - and I tend to agree. The Tate has such a vast collection that another 200 works would seldom if ever end up on the wall. Particularly whiny is the Tate's desire to have any more Turners. What would they do with them? Why?
Posted by CrankyProfessor at June 18, 2007 6:56 AM