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Local hangings: should great art be confined to the Capital?

Here’s a question: is regional art a good thing? Creativetourist has noticed that some seem to struggle with the idea

Aug 19, 2009 | Comments: 1

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nottingham contemporary

Local hangings: should great art be confined to the Capital?

The temple of 1,000 bells.

The unrealised interviews.

A thoroughly modern woman.

Dark Horse. Simon Patterson Q&A.

To bee, or not to be?