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20 Oct 2009 10:55

Show me the Monet

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Royal Bank of Scotland has said it is in discussions with museums to display publicly its British art collection, which has about 2,200 pieces, including the works of David Hockney, LS Lowry and Sir William McTaggart. RBS last exhibited in 2003, when 40 paintings were shown in Manchester.

The art collection of Lehman Brothers is set to be auctioned, with the first lots due to be sold on November 1 by Freeman’s in Philadelphia. The estimated value is $1.1m.


Not the art of trading, deals or lending, but the paintings decorating hallways or clogging storerooms. Deutsche, JPMorgan and UBS own 130,000 works. Their collecting urge is hard to explain – or justify. Taxpayers are helping banks so much. They should get to see the pictures.

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