“A council spokesperson said the ‘tough decision’ was made due to “the massive government cuts we are facing”. Moore sold the sculpture, currently worth millions, to the council in the 1960s for less than the market value.”
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Israeli Films Reveal Country’s Division, ‘Airless Despair’
“Though characters may discover a shared humanity with the other side, it is not enough to overcome the weight of history, culture and group dynamics. There remains only one path to relief, these movies seem to suggest – escape – and for those tightly bound to their homeland, that turns out to provide almost no relief at all.”