Tate’s £63.1m in gifts for 2007/8
The Tate announced a record year for acquisitions in their 2007/8 Annual Report. The Tate Collection aquired 494 works, valued at £63.1m, of which 320 were gifts and bequests from collectors and artists.
These gifts included four works from Damien Hirst, the iconic spider Maman 1991 from Louise Bourgeoi…