Gainsborough's House
May 18 2011
Some very sad news about Gainsborough's House in Sudbury. The museum, Gainsborough's birthplace, is apparently facing a funding crisis. Diane Perkins, the excellent Director, has been made redundant.
Who will run it now? It has always suffered slightly from an identity crisis, being not quite devoted to Gainsborough, whilst trying to be a contemporary art space for the region. Perhaps the trustees should use this opportunity to shift the focus of Gainsborough's House to a proper 'centre of excellence' for the study of Gainsborough and, say, the Norwich School. A tie up with the Paul Mellon Centre perhaps?
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