In 2013 it was joined by the cultural gifts scheme, which allows people to get a tax reduction by offering artworks and objects of outstanding …Read more
Three Peter Lanyon artworks acquired in lieu of inheritance tax
Photograph Peter Lanyon estate with thanks to Gimpel Fils Three works by Peter Lanyon one of the most important postwar British painters have been acquired for the nation in lieu of inheritance of the paintings exceeded the tax liability
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Painters as art collectors too
Slightly oddly it does not include Sir Peter Paul Rubens for whom the case is more than readily made Rather it showcases three other knights of the has come from the recent gift in lieu of inheritance tax of a portrait by J-
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A dream holiday in the French Riviera
Not in the dreamy sun-kissed Peter Mayle-Ridley Scott the French only acquired Nice for good 150-odd years ago in 1860 It was when the Sardinian ruler handed it over to Napoleon III in lieu of military support against Austria
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Venetian masterpiece acquired for the UK in tax scheme
The masterpiece painted in 1758 has been acquired through the governments Acceptance in Lieu AIL scheme It allows an inheritance tax bill to be paid by transferring important works of art and cultural scheme said Sir Peter Bazalgette Chair
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Five paintings by Stanley Spencer accepted in lieu of tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge
The works were acquired through HM Governments acceptance in lieu scheme with additional support from the Art Sir Peter Bazalgette Chair Arts Council England said That these five works have been offered in lieu of inheritance tax and can
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Lucian Freud collection part of 45m art donation
and offered to the nation in lieu of 16 million of tax said Arts Council England chairman Sir Peter Bazalgette There is something of special significance in the perception that one great artist has of another It was this group of paintings and
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