In short, the family are complaining that the Tate and the National Gallery haven't complied with his wishes to have his work of 300 paintings and 30,000 sketches in a single repository. Many works are now either in storage or on loan.
I think this is an unfair criticism.
Firstly, I don't think there would be enough space to house all his works in some building on permanent display; and an art gallery shouldn't be an ASDA. Secondly, I think the job of a gallery is to rotate different works of art around different motif and discussions. There should be a rotation with some works being loaned out occasionally to other galleries around the world or going into archives to be refreshed later.
I think the Tate Britain does a great job managing his vast legacy.
I took the below photo at the end of July.
I agree with you.
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