The 2007 Loan Agreement in relation to the Hugh Lane Bequest between the National Gallery London, Dublin City Council and the then Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht expired on 19 October 2019. (See Appendix for a short note on the history of the Hugh Lane Bequest.)
The Director of the National Gallery, London, Dr Gabriele Finaldi and the Director of the Hugh Lane Gallery (Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art), Dr Barbara Dawson negotiated a new Agreement on behalf of their respective Institutions to replace the previous Loan Agreement. It is intended to release details of the new Agreement to the media early today.
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Music in the Tuileries Gardens Music in the Tuileries Gardens. 1862
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It was a disagreement that began more than a century ago with the untimely demise of a 39-year-old art dealer on board RMS Lusitania.
The death of Sir Hugh Lane, resulting from a torpedo fired from a German U-boat, in 1915 preceded a bitter battle between England and Ireland’s premier art galleries over the ownership of 39 Impressionist paintings.
On Thursday, a “collegiate” agreement was heralded by the National Gallery in London and Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin regarding the artwork promising to settle once and for all a dispute once contested in the High Court.