London’s National Gallery Publishes Report on its Ties to Slavery – ARTnews.com
Today, London’s National Gallery published the most detailed research so far into the role slavery played in the institution’s 197-year-old history. The data focused on the period between 1824 and 1880, and names 67 individuals with either direct, familial, or more tangential connections to slavery. Another 27 people named by researchers were involved with the abolitionist movement; a further 27 had connections to both ...