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• Turner Contemporary can’t turn the tide in Margate | Letter

  19-04-2021 14:44
  
  Reader Paul Taroni believes that the art gallery can play only a limited role in the much-needed regeneration of his home townI read with interest Jo Phillips’ article on Turner Contemporary and its effect on Margate (‘A petri dish for innovation’: how 10 years of Turner Contemporary have impacted Margate, 16 April). As someone who grew up in Margate, not more than half a mile from the Turner site and who regularly returns to visit family and friends, I’d like to add my p
  
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• The Great British Art Tour: Chagall leaves his dreams for a living nightmare

  19-04-2021 07:00
  
  With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Apocalypse en Lilas, Capriccio by Marc Chagall, in London’s Ben Uri gallery.This gouache, ink and pencil study in lilac and grey was executed in April 1945 by Marc Chagall after almost four years in exile in New York. He had fled to the US after the Nazi occupation of France during the second world war. Born into a Hasidic Jewish fa
  
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