Central News East: 15.10.1990: Museums

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Summary

Brian Collins report about the problems facing museums and galleries who cannot afford to buy works of art because wealthy foreign buyers have pushed prices out of reach.

Year:

1990

Duration:

0:04:44

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

Interview with Catherine Wilson of Lincolnshire Museums about how the public had helped raise £2 million to buy a painting which Alan Bond of the Americas Cup had hoped to purchase. Interview with David Fraser of Derby Museum and Art Gallery who said that pictures by local artists had now become very collectable and therefore prices had increased. Views of the auction for Van Gough’s Sunflowers which sold for over £22 million (via ITN). Shots of items in a museum. Exterior of the Asher Museum in Lincoln. View of the Americas Cup sailing race (TVS). Views of paintings by the Derby artist Joseph Wright. Shot of a painting of Lincoln by Turner.


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