Alberto Giacometti sculpture barred from leaving UK

Culture minister blocks export of Femme, an influential work sold to a foreign buyer, in hope that a Briton will find £2m to buy itAn important Alberto Giacometti plaster sculpture which is considered a pivotal link between British and European modernism has been prevented from leaving the UK.Ed Vaizey, the culture minister, placed a temporary export bar on the almost abstract work, called Femme. Continue reading...