Urgent Item: Art Collection at Brooksby College.
Minutes:
The
Commission considered this matter, the Chairman having decided that it was of
an urgent nature due to the imminent sale of paintings by
The
Director of Adults and Communities reported that
It was
suggested that, as the County Council had worked with the College in the past
on a Robert Bakewell exhibition, there was a possibility that the paintings may
have at one stage been loaned to the College from the Council’s collection.
However, following investigatory work into the ownership of the paintings,
there was clear evidence that the paintings were not in County Council
ownership. The Chief Executive of Brooksby College had agreed to work with the
County Council in future if other paintings of significant Leicestershire
provenance were intended to be sold.
Members
commented on the need to be vigilant on this issue in future, as it was
possible that some schools might wish to sell pieces of art that formed part of
the Council’s collection.
RESOLVED:
(a)
That
the position with respect to the impending sale of artwork at Brooksby College
be noted;
(b)
That
the need to continue to monitor the sale of artwork that had a Leicestershire
provenance be recognised.