Sale of the century: UK gets art collection for 80% off

An act of artistic philanthropy on a par with Britain's greatest - including bequests by Samuel Courtauld and Henry Tate - was unveiled today in a move that will see 725 works of postwar and contemporary art donated to the nation.

The London dealer Anthony d'Offay is giving over almost his entire...

Read full story by Mark Brown in The Guardian

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