• Monstrous carbuncles to talking columns: the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing is still a controversy magnet

    Monstrous carbuncles to talking columns: the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing is still a controversy magnet
    Prince Charles detested the plans for its extension. Now its major donor has criticised it from beyond the grave. So what’s coming next? Something that looks a lot like an airport lounge …If buildings could speak, would they always object to their demolition? In the case of the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing, now undergoing a controversial redevelopment, a voice from the grave heartily approves of the arrival of the wrecking ball.It has emerged that, during the demolition o

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