Film-maker Danny Boyle and the director of the Tate Gallery have written a letter criticising the sale of a Henry Moore sculpture by a London council. Last month, Tower Hamlets Council announced it would sell the bronze sculpture Draped Seated Woman after "unprecedented" budget cuts. But Sir Nicholas Serota and Boyle said the proposal "goes against the spirit of Henry Moore's original sale". The figure, which could fetch £20m, was bought for £6,000 in 1960. Moore, a well-known socialist, sold the sculpture at a fraction...
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