National Gallery auctioning-off benches
October 8 2025
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Social media has been full today with news that The National Gallery in London are auctioning-off their rather comfortable leather gallery benches later this month. The old benches are a fire hazard and a potential home for pests, apparently. Images I've seen floating around of the plain wooden ones which are replacing the old appear incredibly uncomfortable and unwelcoming indeed.
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