Millions of Dollars of Artworks Left U.K. Before Brexit Cutoff
- Threat of import duties prompts some EU dealers to move pieces
- Works by Matisse and Fontana among artworks on the move
Among the thousands of trucks backed up in Dover last month trying to get across the Channel, one was carrying a painting by Henri Matisse. A piece by the Argentine-born artist Lucio Fontana was also in the queue, along with tens of millions of dollars of other artworks.
The owners wanted to get their art back to the continent before the U.K. left the European Union’s single market.