• Builders renovating National Gallery find funder’s letter commending demolition

    Builders renovating National Gallery find funder’s letter commending demolition
    John Sainsbury hid note in 1990 inside false column he objected to, anticipating foyer would one day be remodelled to his likingWhy the building is still a controversy magnetBuilders knocking down a column at the National Gallery were surprised to find a long-lost note amid the rubble thanking them for demolishing the “unnecessary” pillar.While removing a column in the gallery’s Sainsbury Wing, demolition workers discovered a letter dating back to 1990 from its funder, John Sai

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