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HARDtalk: Sandy Nairne, Director of National Portrait Gallery, UK

03/08/2011

Sandy Nairne, Director of National Portrait Gallery, UK

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Sandy Nairne, Director of National Portrait Gallery, UK

Tim Franks speaks to Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, UK.

Tim Franks speaks to Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, who negotiated the return of two Turners after they were stolen while on loan to a German gallery.

Tim Franks speaks to Sandy Nairne, a man used to working at the rarefied heights of fine art. But for eight years, the director of London's National Portrait Gallery also had to delve deep into the murk. 

He was one of the top people at the Tate Gallery when two of its most prized paintings, by JMW Turner, were stolen after being loaned to a German gallery. 

After years of negotiations and millions of dollars, the Tate got their paintings back. The deal was legal - but was it ethical?

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