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"Simply to give with no tax benefit to himself is a remarkable gesture"

By Intellectual Property Law, Esq.

The U.K. Times has a story on David Hockney's donation of a major painting to the Tate (reportedly -- at 40' x 15' -- the largest ever given to the museum). He calls on more artists to follow suit: "More artists should donate. They should think about it. You can?t quite trust collectors who say they?ll give to the Tate and often don?t."

I can think of one thing that would help the cause here in the U.S.

Full post as published by The Art Law Blog on April 08, 2008 (boomark / email).