“Art feels different when it is close enough to breathe the same air,” said school principal Claire Coy, describing the thrill of being lent a painting from a national collection. “I have visited many, many galleries and loved my experience but nothing has matched this.”
Coy’s school, the Lowry Academy in Salford, has this week been the temporary home for LS Lowry’s Dwelling, Ordsall Lane, Salford, painted in 1927. It is the first time Tate has lent to a school and even though it has been for only two days, the benefits have been enormous, teachers and curators say.
