Henry Moore’s Old Flo made headlines earlier this winter with council legal disputes, but this week another Moore sculpture is in the news under different circumstances. ‘Knife Edge Two Piece’ stands opposite the House of Lords and will...
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Henry Moore Old Flo Sculpture Ownership Disputed By Bromley Council
In light of discussions with the Art Fund, the ownership of Henry Moore’s Draped Seated Woman is now in dispute. Significant new evidence of ownership of the sculpture has let to a challenge by Bromley council. Last October, Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur...
Henry Moore And Auguste Rodin Go Head To Head In New Exhibition
The Henry Moore Foundation is presenting a major new exhibition titled Moore Rodin, which compares the work of Moore with one of the pioneers of modern sculpture Auguste Rodin. This will be the first time that another artist has been shown alongside Henry Moore...
Art Fund’s Legal Challenge Over Henry Moore Sculpture Sale
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has without success pleaded with Mayor Lutfur Rahman, to reverse the decision to sell a £20m Henry Moore sculpture, known locally as 'Old Flo'. The council insists the decision was made with "regret", because it must find an...
Henry Moore Auction Labour Councillors Demand Mayor Halts Auction
Following an outcry from the community at Bermondsey Mayor Rahman’s decision to sell the much loved Old Flo sculpture Labour councillors have tabled a motion at next week’s Council meeting demanding he put the sale on hold whilst the offers of an...
Boris Johnson Formally Objects To Henry Moore Sculpture Sale
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called on the Mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman to reconsider the sale of the Henry Moore masterpiece, Draped Seated Woman. The Mayor has formally written to Councillor Lutfur Rahman in support of the Museum of London's request...
Henry Moore Sculpture Sold As Mayor Defies Public Opinion
A Cross-party Committee raised serious concerns tonight about the ‘inadequate’ process undertaken when a sculpture by the British Modernist artist Henry Moore was put up for auction by the council. Tower Hamlets culturally deficient Mayor, Lutfur Rahman...
Danny Boyle Joins Artists To Stop Henry Moore Sculpture Sale
We reported on 8 October that a Henry Moore sculpture titled Draped Seated Woman was to be sold by Tower Hamlets council to pay for frontline services. The work of art was originally sold by Moore, an active Socialist, at a fraction of its market value, on the...
Tower Hamlets Henry Moore Sold To Pay Front-line Services
Tower Hamlets Council are to sell off an important Henry Moore sculpture in order to pay for front-line services. it was decided that it could no longer keep the sculpture safe from scrap metal thieves, on council property.Draped Seated Woman was valued at at least...