Going, going... Gone.
February 23 2011
Picture: Sotheby's
Excitement is building in LA, as the Getty prepares for the arrival on 7th March of J M W Turner's masterpiece, 'Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino'.
The picture is a great loss. It belonged to the family of the Earls of Rosebery, and was sold at Sotheby's last year for £29.7m. No UK museum could hope to match the price, and none tried.
Isn't it time to look again at the whole question of acquisitions and export rules?
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