A rare Old Master victory
August 27 2013
Picture: berlin.de
It's not often that Old Masters win a battle against contemporary art. I'm pleased to report that the daft plan to put half of the Berlin Gemaldegalerie's collection into long term storage (to make way for contemporary art) has been abandoned. More details (in German) here.
Update - more in The Art Newspaper here.
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