6 FEBRUARY 1953, page 13

Art

Abstracts and Others. WITH the Institute of Contemporary Arts' exhibition of " opposing forces " we are back in the anarchic atmosphere of Dada and auto- matism. An " adventure......

Snake

(A poem without an S.) Into her dream Let him but come Curling, coiling, calling, " Virgin, Eve, my darling, " Feel within you the Tree, " The ripening of your heart, " Know......

Cinema

Le Plaisir. (Studio One.)—Plymouth Adventure. (Empire.)— Military Policemen. (Plaza.) THREE stories by Guy de Maupassant, Le Masque, La Maison Tellier and Le Modele have been,......

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