Ian McKellen leads challenge to Tate over LS Lowry 'exclusion'

Actor demands London galleries sell 23 works by Manchester painter rather than continue to store themThe Tate has been challenged to put its collection of paintings by LS Lowry up for sale if it intends to continue to exclude them from its London galleries.The actor Sir Ian McKellen threw down the challenge in a joint attack by leading figures from the art world which questioned whether the "matchstick men painter" has been sidelined as too northern and provincial.Although many artists from the ...

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