Sale of Moore sculpture would be "lamentable"
Culture Minister Ed Vaizy says Government is powerless to stop sale of Henry Moore sculpture, on loan to the Yorkshire Sculptue Park
Culture Minister Ed Vaizy says Government is powerless to stop sale of Henry Moore sculpture, on loan to the Yorkshire Sculptue Park
A council planning to sell a Henry Moore sculpture, currently on display in Yorkshire, may not have the right to sell it.
A sculpture sold at cut-price to Tower Hamlets Council by the Castleford artist Henry Moore is to be sold - despite widespread opposition.
Campaigners are mounting a last ditch effort to stop a £20 million Henry Moore scuplture leaving the country. It's on display at the Yorkshire Sculture Park near Wakefield ark but its owners, Tower Hamlets Council in London want to sell it. Chris Kiddey reports.
Campaigners are mounting a last ditch effort to stop a £20 million Henry Moore sculpture from being sold abroad.It's on display at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park but it's owned by Tower Hamlets Council in London. Councillors there will decide next week whether to auction the work.
Wakefield MP Mary Creagh fears the work may be sold abroad and disappear from public view.
A campaign has been launched to keep a valuable Henry Moore statue in Yorkshire. It belongs to a council in London who want to sell it.
Read the full story