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long overdue!!

ha! love (and don't disagree with) the description!. BUT having visited the team at NoB (on a press trip with Guardian actually) it is one of the most remarkable sites I've ever been to. consider me teased!

thanks Ian! 🙏

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yes it feels the NT will be getting the call each time a trust or a council can't keep a museum afloat. which...doesn't feel like a healthy ecosystem

and yes, that £9m is not going to last v long!!

this really is huge. such a huge collection and assets to transfer. one to keep a v close on!

ha! blimey

awful news, and sadly a growing trend it feels

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that as you say, are very much yet to be agreed!

hmmm very true! very deliberately NOT saying acquisition. and re-reading the NYT interview, deliberately says acquisitions isn't the only way. perhaps it will just be a set of long-term loans (from Tate!).

Maria B had a quote in the release. Perhaps the logistics still to be ironed out but spirit must be agreed in principle to let it go out?

the new space is needed as no longer will the National Gallery limit itself to works created before 1900, as was informally agreed with Tate in 1996

the two institutions have now reached a new landmark agreement on how to expand Britain's national collection together 🖼️

🏛️ a global competition to design a new wing will be launched tomorrow

the project — expected to cost £400m — has already secured £375m in donations, including two single £150m gifts

these are some of the biggest donations ever given to an art museum anywhere in the world