attendance has been recorded at many venues participating in the programme. 93% of visitors said that the experience of Artist Rooms had changed their ideas about art. The Art Fund charity was one of the original principal supporters of Artist Rooms. It continues to sponsor the Touring Programme of exhibitions from the collection and facilitates dynamic education projects in each venue. Allegations of inappropriate behaviour In January 2018, several women with careers in the art world and who have worked with d'Offay, came forward with allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour, with police investigating d'Offay after receiving a complaint from a young woman that he sent her malicious messages. The allegations date from 1997 to 2004 with the current police investigation relating to the period from 2012 to 2018. D'Offay strongly denies the allegations and says he is unaware of a police investigation. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that an investigation was ongoing. The Tate and National Galleries of Scotland, joint recipients of d'Offay's Artist Rooms "part gift, part purchase", publicly announced they would be severing contact with him stating "The work of Tate and NGS is underpinned by values of fairness, equality and respect and the right to work free of sexual harassment. We expect these values to be demonstrated in the behaviour of everyone who is involved in our organisations." On 27 April 2018 he terminated his position as director and a “person with significant control” at the Artist Rooms Foundation, set up to work with the Tate and National Galleries of Scotland on the original Artist Rooms collection. Despite the issued statement and resignation, d'Offay's name was kept in prominent display in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall during this period. On 8 April 2019 it was confirmed in a joint statement by Tate and NGS to several media outlets that the galleries would be resuming links with d'Offay. It was also revealed, in an article by Ben Quinn in the Guardian that this decision "to quietly resume links with the influential art patron Anthony d'Offay, a year on from allegations against him of sexual harassment, followed intensive lobbying of trustees, it is understood." The police investigation is ongoing, though d'Offay has denied any awareness of an investigation. References External links The Art Fund website Artist Rooms website Living people British art dealers 1940 births People from Sheffield Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Art dealers from London