Galleries’ 2,200 works in storage – so send some west, urges MSP

Galleries’ 2,200 works in storage – so send some west, urges MSP

– David Maddox, The Scotsman (19 May)More of the National Galleries of Scotland’s paintings should go on show in the west, a Glasgow MSP has demanded after it emerged 2,227 of them are in storage. Glasgow Nationalist MSP Bill Kidd has put down a motion demanding a rethink on Scotland’s art collection after discovering only nine pictures are on display in the west. Mr Kidd has argued that more of the NSG collection should be displayed in Glasgow in an effort to help promote the Commonwealth Games and the link between Scotland’s two biggest cities. He has suggested the McLellan Galleries in Sauchiehall Street could be used as a venue. The NGS director-general John Leighton insisted that they are committed to sharing the national collection.