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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

National Gallery to build £375m new wing and lift ban on post-1900 art

The Canaletto room at the National Gallery.
The Canaletto room. Until now the National has collected pre-20th century paintings because of an agreement with the Tate. Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex/Shutterstock

The National Gallery has lifted its ban on collecting modern paintings made after 1900 as part of a revamp that will include a new wing, made possible after it secured a landmark investment of £375m.

A new part of the London gallery will be built behind the Sainsbury building as part of Project Domani– “tomorrow” in Italian – after two donations of £150m each from Michael Moritz’s Crankstart foundation and the Hans and Julia Rausing Trust.

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