"The National Gallery Sainsbury Wing" video

Video containing highlights (three clips) from the television coverage of the opening of The Sainsbury Wing and relating to the family and company’s sponsorship of the arts in general.



Contents:

1. Thames News [ITV regional news] – news report of the opening by Queen Elizabeth II.

2. (2:05) Channel Four News – detailed report mainly about the architecture, the funding of the Sainsbury Wing by the Sainsbury family, how the Sainsbury family and Sainsbury’s (the company) supports the arts more widely, and the issue of art having to relying on private funding. Includes interview with Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover (split into several clips, includes discussion of funding for the Royal Opera House), and a clip of a Sainsbury’s television commercial. One interview is filmed outside Sainsbury’s Ladbroke Grove store.

3. (11:10) “The Much Loved Friend? A Portrait of The National Gallery” – about the history of the development of the Sainsbury Wing, the architecture and controversy about it. Includes interview with Simon Sainsbury. This is a clip of a longer BBC television documentary about the National Gallery.



Duration: 19 minutes. The video was possibly compiled by the National Gallery (this is not clear but it is suggested by their logo at the start).