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Non-visual art: Laura Gascoigne argues for a restoration of the visual

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the visual as the sole and proper domain of art. Once it is generally agreed that art’s impact is essentially visual, the

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Misplaced trust: tripping along with the teddy bears’ picnic, Laura Gascoigne looks at the obvious mismatch of the National Trust and contemporary art

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Misappliance of Science: The marriage of art and science is one only of financial convenience, argues Laura Gascoigne

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Eh up Arup! Laura Gascoigne looks into the real brains behind the public sculptures we don’t need

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Who’s afraid of the Kulturkampf? Art will not die for lack of public subsidy, argues Laura Gascoigne

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Lost in New York: painter and critic Alexander Adams discovers an unlikely empathy between Ingres and de Kooning

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The Sutherland bequest: Alexander Adams pursues his original inquiry into the future home of an important gift to the nation

An article about Graham Sutherland’s

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