Timothy Clifford, the outgoing director of Scotland’s National Galleries says the country’s museums should raise enough money to by an Italian masterpiece. He said “there was no need for the galleries to buy more Scottish art, partly because they could rely on wills and gifts to build up their collection. However, spending £10 million on a Michelangelo drawing would break the galleries’ annual acquisitions budget of £1.25 million several times over, and would need a huge fundraising campaign.”