L.S. Lowry’s hometown museum wins its fundraising bid to buy a beloved $8.7 million painting:
A gift from the Law Foundation made the acquisition possible.A gallery assistant studies"Going to the Match" by L.S. Lowry in London on September 29, 2022, ahead of its sale on October 19 over the fate of L.S. Lowry’s paintingThe mayor of Salford, England, stepped in last week to plead with wealthy donors to purchase the painting at auction so that it could stay in the artist’s hometown museum, the Lowry, where it has been housed for since 2000.
Ultimately, the Law Family charitable foundation donated approximately $8.7 million to help the Lowry museum in Salford purchase the work, ensuring it will remain on view for free on the late artist’s home turf.Operating as part of the Professional Footballers’ Association, the Players Foundation charity originally boughtat auction for nearly $2.2 million in 1999. They loaned it soon after to the Lowry, where it’s hung ever since.
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