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• Bristol's once troubled Arnolfini gallery starts to pull in the crowds

  01-01-2018 21:17
  A dynamic director – and Grayson Perry – are helping to turn the fortunes of Bristol’s Arnolfini aroundOn a midweek lunchtime approaching Christmas, more than 300 visitors are in the busy, buzzy Arnolfini gallery in Bristol. Around a dozen people are rooted to the spot reading Grayson Perry’s social media tapestry Red Carpet; downstairs, the cafe and giftshop are packed.It’s a far cry from a busted arts organisation, one that was judged so troubled that in June it w
  
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• From Picasso at his mightiest to gods of American cool: the hottest art shows of 2018

  01-01-2018 17:00
  Picasso reveals his most erotic year, Andreas Gursky predicts the post-truth era, O’Keeffe and Hopper hit Oxford – and the only way is Sussex for William Blake in our exhibitions previewGet the new year off to an angry start with this exhibition about art, popular culture and protest. Peter Kennard’s classic CND photomontages of the 1980s and a raw, intimate recording of The Internationale by Susan Philipsz are among the political artworks in a survey of how art is inspired by
  
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