Glasgow's famous Salvador Dali painting is to be moved to a new location in the city's Kelvingrove Art Gallery after criticism over the way it has been displayed.
After Dali's Christ of St John of The Cross returned to its spiritual home in July last year, there was criticism when it was placed on an outer wall near a set of stairs, a position some felt could lead to bottlenecks for visitors trying to access upper rooms.
Now the painting, depicting Christ on the cross viewed from above, is to be relocated later in the year.
The rehanging announced yesterday by the Glasgow City Council comes after former Glasgow museums director Julian Spalding called for the priceless work of art, bought for just £8200 in 1952, to be made into more of a feature.
Critics say that much of the written explanations of the history and religious significance of the work, voted Scotland's best-loved painting in a poll by The Herald last year, was missing.
It had been shown at St Mungo Museum of Religious Art in Glasgow since 1993 but returned to Kelvingrove to mark its reopening.
The title of the painting was said to have been inspired by a drawing made by a Spanish Carmelite friar who was canonised as St John of The Cross in the 16th century.
Dali set his crucifixion scene above the rocky harbour of his home village of Port Lligat in Spain. The painting was damaged in the 1960s when a man struck it with a stone and tore at it with his hands.
Meanwhile, the billionaire casino mogul who accidentally put his elbow through a Picasso believes he knocked £28m off its value.
Steve Wynn, who left the artist's 1932 work Le Reve with a "thumb-sized flap" in the canvas, has sued insurer Lloyd's of London, accusing the company of failing to act properly on his claim for the alleged lost worth.
His representatives told Lloyd's in November the painting had been worth £72m but that its value was believed have dropped to £44m after the incident, according to his legal claim. www.glasgowmuseums.com
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