"The National Gallery has lifted its ban on collecting modern paintings made after 1900 as part of a revamp that will include a new wing, made possible after it secured a landmark investment of 375m. A new part of the gallery will be built behind the Sainsbury building as part of Project Domani tomorrow in Italian after two donations of 150m each from Michael Moritz's Crankstart foundation and the Hans and Julia Rausing Trust."
"An architecture competition will launch on Wednesday to decide who will design the space, with the new site expected to open in the early 2030s. It will be the biggest project of its kind at a major British arts institution since the opening of Tate Modern 25 years ago. It is a coup for the National Gallery, which has managed to secure huge investment at a time when many arts institutions are struggling to raise funds for capital projects."
"Gabriele Finaldi, the director of the National Gallery, told the BBC that the new project, which will sit where the St Vincent House location is now, would not dramatically change the feel of the gallery. He said part of the allure of the National is that it is human sized and can be visited in a day as opposed to the imposing Louvre in Paris or Prado in Madrid."
The National Gallery secured a landmark investment of 375m enabling a new wing to be built behind the Sainsbury building as part of Project Domani. Two donations of 150m each came from Michael Moritz's Crankstart foundation and the Hans and Julia Rausing Trust, with the remaining 75m from the National Gallery Trust and anonymous donors. An architecture competition will choose the designer, and the new site is expected to open in the early 2030s. The project is the largest since Tate Modern's opening and preserves the gallery's human scale. The gallery will begin collecting works made after 1900, ending the previous cutoff.
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