Galleries expressed concern the borrowed masterpieces would be subject to hefty taxes

It has been hailed as “the show of the season”, selling more advance tickets than any other exhibition in Tate Britain’s history.

But it has now emerged that the opening this week of Van Gogh and Britain, the gallery’s spring blockbuster, went ahead only after a last-minute diplomatic scramble to assure European galleries that any masterpieces loaned to the exhibition would not get stuck in a chaotic post-Brexit UK.

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