CIGARETTE FACTORY CLOSURE PROMPTS MAJOR ART SALE

Cigarette maker British American Tobacco has built up an impressive collection of modern art at its factory in the Dutch town of Zevenaar on the Rhine river near the German border over the last fifty years.

Now the factory is closing and the artwork in the Stuyvesant collection is being auctioned off. But not everyone is happy with the way things have turned out.

Cigarette brands Peter Stuyvesant and Lucky Strike will no longer be made in the Dutch town of Zevenaar. The closure of the BAT factory marks not only the end of a major source of employment in the area but also the final curtain for an unusual piece of Dutch art history. read more (nrc.nl)

CIGARETTE FACTORY’S ART COLLECTION UP FOR SALE read more (dutchnews.nl)

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October 6, 2008