Project to mark the gallery’s bicentenary in 2024 could include ‘counter-monument’ of national contrition, says campaigner
The National Gallery is being called on to become the first UK public institution to build a “counter-monument” to the slave trade.
Last Thursday the London gallery announced the six shortlisted design teams that will compete for a £30m project to mark its bicentenary in 2024. The NG200 plans include revamping the main entrance in Trafalgar Square, with an opportunity to “reimagine the public realm” by linking its 1991 Sainsbury’s Wing with the historic setting of the Wilkins Building.
