Conflicts of interest at the Tate

Buying artworks by and from members of its board of trustees? Seems pretty obviously problematical. Director Nicholas Serota calls it "a general oversight". More at the BBC.

FURTHER writeups in the NY Times and the Times of London. The NYT article notes that "the Tate had been acquiring works from artist-trustees since 1959 and had been unaware of the requirement to seek permission for doing so until last year" -- which leaves one wondering if the blindness is just the Tate's, or something endemic to the art world.

Posted by David on July 19, 2006 11:07 AM