$155-Million U.K. Art Bequest Tied to Free Display of Works - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

$155-Million U.K. Art Bequest Tied to Free Display of Works - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: 155-Million U.K. Art Bequest Tied to Free Display of Works

February 20, 2013, 9:26 am

A British banking heir and art collector left his trove of Italian Baroque masterworks, valued at an estimated $155-million, to the United Kingdom with the stipulation that they go to institutions that will display them for free and never sell them, reports The Independent.