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Arts

Don't be afraid of ridicule T here is now a well entrenched conven tion that anyone who dares to criticise, condemn or even question the meaning of the work of many contemporary......

Exhibitions

Julian Schnabel (South London Gallery, 65 South Peckham Road) Glitzy or generous? Martin Gayford I s it time to revive the 1980s? The mere question may make some of us — those......