\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \pard\tx3255\tx6525\tx9780\ATXts240\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs22 The Sainsbury Wing is the extension to the left side of the National Gal
lery. Financed by the Sainsbury grocery family whose supermarkets are widespread throughout the country, it was opened in 1991 to house a fine collection of early Renaissance art. The building itself unleashed some heated debates: the original designs
were described by \b \cf4 \ATXht13251000 Prince Charles\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 as ôa monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved friendö. The final building, by the American architect Robert Venturi, is clearly something of a compromise, and for this reas
on has also met with considerable criticism, albeit from a different lobby. The building also contains a Micro Gallery which provides illustrated information and floorplans of the collection from a computerised database.\par
