In 2005, Simon Sainsbury, the grandson of John Sainsbury, founder of the famous chain of supermarkets, had donated the funds for an expansion at the National Gallery which is known today as the Sainsbury (...)
Acceptance in Lieu is the English system which allows payment of inheritance taxes with works of art, an equivalent of the French system of “dation”.
An exceptional ensemble of work donated by the Manton Foundation has just entered the collections of the Clark Institute : over two hundred paintings, watercolors and drawings by British artists.