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The joy of socially distanced gallery-going

11 July 2020

9:00 AM

11 July 2020

9:00 AM

Not long after the pubs, big galleries have all started to reopen, like flowers unfolding, one by one. The timing reminded me of an anecdote that Lucian Freud used to tell about a Soho painter friend he took into the National Gallery after it had shut (as some senior artists are entitled to do).

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This month sees the reopening of the National Gallery, Royal Academy, Tates Britain and Modern, Wallace Collection and Annely Juda Gallery, among others.

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