National Gallery accused of risking ‘bad blood’ with Tate over 20th-century art

Sources say decision to collect modern' art could have two galleries at each others' throats' - but others welcome move

A decision to tear up an agreement between the National Gallery and Tate, which stopped the Trafalgar Square institution from collecting works created after 1900, could create bad blood" and a situation in which the two galleries are at each other's throats", according to senior sources.

The National Gallery announced the shift as part of Project Domani, which involves it receiving 375m of investment for a new wing that will usher in a new tomorrow" at the 200-year-old institution.