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GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
The Bard pays homage to Hull’s finest promoter and venue, and awards Douze Points to Laibach
KEVIN DONNELLY outlines how the bourgeois institutions inhibit our ability to to view art in revolutionary ways, and suggests some tactics to overturn it
IN THE 1960s and 1970s, Britain’s greatest architects all worked for local authorities on developing cutting-edge modern housing that would meet the aspirations of ordinary working people.
Their work in London is still there for all to see — Kate Macintosh (Dawson’s Heights), Erno Goldfinger (Trellick Tower), Patrick Hodgkinson (Brunswick Centre), Peter Tabori (Highgate New Town) and Neave Brown (Alexandra Road Estate) have created housing estates unsurpassed in scope and design.
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