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  • The Space

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    There’s an article by Maggie Brown today suggesting the Arts Council/BBC-backed ‘online gallery’ The Space is, effectively, a waste of £16 million of public money. Here’s what The Space does: The Space is an online gallery where visitors can explore exciting new digital art, made by the most talented contemporary artists, shared around the world.…

  • Boy With Apple

    Boy With Apple

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    1–2 minutes

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    I watched The Grand Budapest Hotel again tonight and was reminded of the story behind the film’s McGuffin, a fictional priceless Renaissance painting named Boy With Apple. As you’d expect from a Wes Anderson movie, the painting was not made by a merely talented set painter, but by an acclaimed English painter, Michael Taylor. I…