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Tutus, loo rolls and a roomful of balloons

Martin Creed's retrospective, What's the point of it?, is best seen with children in tow

22 February 2014

9:00 AM

22 February 2014

9:00 AM

A tip: go see Martin Creed’s retrospective at the Hayward in the company of a child. I didn’t, but I tagged on to a merry gaggle of five-year-olds being guided round by their mums. I watched as they pointed at the enormous rotating beam with a neon sign that reads ‘MOTHER’.

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