Another barn storm over Schwitters

Kurt Schwitterss Merz Barn in the Lake District of Northern England is under threat of being sold on the open market after Arts Council England (ACE) rejected a funding application for the site for the fourth time.The artists Ian Hunter and Celia Larner, who run and fund the site as the charity the Littoral Arts Trust, feel strongly that it should be maintained and kept open to the public rather than sold.After three rejections by the ACE, Hunter and Larner were formally invited to apply for an