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Art

Half-pro John McEwen Matthew Smith and Tolly Cobbold, Eastern Arts: Fourth National Exhibition (Barbican Art Gallery till 30 October) Joseph Beuys: Drawings (V&A till 3 October)......

Arts

Transatlantic Giles Gordon Hamlet (Shaw) Intellectually, Sam Shepard's plays repel. I Indeed, there is no intellect, nor does he construct a play any more than Jackson , Pollock......