Venice art sell-off?

December 16 2015

Picture: TAN

The Mayor of Venice is threatening to sell off 'non-local' art - like the above Klimt - to plug a budget gap. More here from Gareth Harris in The Art Newspaper. Let's hope he doesn't, if only because it'll be the thin end of a very dangerous wedge.

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