The National Gallery is able to provide immunity from seizure under part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. This Act provides protection from seizure for cultural objects from abroad on loan to temporary exhibitions in approved museums and galleries in the UK.
The conditions are:
The object is usually kept outside the UK
It is not owned by a person resident in the UK
Its import does not contravene any import regulations
It is brought to the UK for public display in a temporary exhibition at a museum or gallery
The borrowing museum or gallery is approved under the Act
The borrowing museum has published information about the object
Exhibitions
Current reports are listed below when published.
Provenance information has been published, requesting immunity from seizure for objects in the following exhibitions:
Zurbarán [PDF – opens in a new tab]
Waldmüller: Landscapes [PDF – opens in a new tab]
Renoir and Love [PDF – opens in a new tab]
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