http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/10/11/jmw_turner_in_washington_dc/ Reflections on art and architecture by TIME critic Richard Lacayo. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:49:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/10/11/jmw_turner_in_washington_dc/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Dr Selby Whittingham Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:57:39 +0000 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/10/11/jmw_turner_in_washington_dc/#comment-147 We are delighted that you enjoy the Turner show, but, as others have pointed out, it is made up to a large extent of works from the Turner Bequest. Turner left his finished pictures to the British nation on condition that they be kept "constantly" in "Turner's Gallery." What purports to be that, the Clore Gallery at Tate Britain, is currently denuded of most of its major works, and that is set to continue as one travelling Turner exhibition follows another. This has caused some of Turner's heirs, notably those in the USA, to object and to demand back some of the pictures. www.jmwturner.org We are delighted that you enjoy the Turner show, but, as others have pointed out, it is made up to a large extent of works from the Turner Bequest. Turner left his finished pictures to the British nation on condition that they be kept "constantly" in "Turner's Gallery." What purports to be that, the Clore Gallery at Tate Britain, is currently denuded of most of its major works, and that is set to continue as one travelling Turner exhibition follows another. This has caused some of Turner's heirs, notably those in the USA, to object and to demand back some of the pictures. http://www.jmwturner.org

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