10.11.06

Cultural vandalism at Bury Council

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council has resigned its membership of the Museums Association.

Those of you at the Annual Conference and Exhibition in Bournemouth last month will know that the MA is taking a strong line against the council's decision to sell off a painting from its local art gallery to fund a hole in the council's finances.

You can read a piece that I wrote for The Guardian on the subject here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1941923,00.html

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