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$1.5 million bronze sculpture at 10 Downing Street sparks controversy


Henry Moore’s “Working Model of a Seated Woman,” a 1980 abstract sculpture, sold at Christie’s auction last month and is now in the state’s taxpayer-funded art collection, The Sun reported.
The British government has come under fire for spending £1.3m ($1.5m) of taxpayer money on a bronze sculpture by a renowned British artist. The statue was then sent to 10 Downing Street and placed in the garden of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s new residence.
The fee is seen as a luxury that can be avoided at a time when the country is struggling with high inflation, a cost-of-living crisis and measures to cut spending on public funds.
It is worth noting that this is nothing new, as Moore’s work has graced the gardens at 10 Downing Street for the past 40 years. The works are in constant rotation at the request of the late sculptor’s charitable foundation.
The British Government Art Collection includes over 14,000 of these rare works of art, held in Whitehall, London and political buildings around the world. Henry Spencer Moore, who died in 1986, is considered one of the most important British artists of the 20th century. He was perhaps the most world famous sculptor of that period.
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