Galleries Chief Gives Modern Art 'Top Priority' Culture: Pounds- 100m Deal for Artworks Culture: Pounds-100m Deal for Artworks Bid to Secure Anthony d'Offay's Collection for Scotland

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THE new director-general of the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) has described securing one of the UK's most important private collections of modern art as a "major priority" of his tenure.

In an interview with the Sunday Herald, John Leighton, who took the reins at the NGS last month, said acquiring the private collection of art dealer Anthony d'Offay, which includes some 700 works by names such as Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst, would provide a "platform for the future" for the galleries.

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Galleries Chief Gives Modern Art 'Top Priority' Culture: Pounds- 100m Deal for Artworks Culture: Pounds-100m Deal for Artworks Bid to Secure Anthony d'Offay's Collection for Scotland

"My dream is that it would transform the scene for modern and contemporary art in Scotland - and mark Scotland out as a destinati...

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