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Ben Luke
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We need to talk about the Bayeux Tapestry show and its billionaire sponsor

We need to talk about the Bayeux Tapestry show and its billionaire sponsor

Igor Tulchinsky, whose name and portrait are front and centre of the British Museum’s blockbuster show, has funded the IDF and donated to Trump even as the president undermines cultural institutions, writes Nerve art critic Ben Luke

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Review of the Week: Richard Dadd - Beyond Bedlam at the RA

Review of the Week: Richard Dadd - Beyond Bedlam at the RA

This reappraisal of the Victorian fantasy painter, who spent decades in institutions after killing his father, reveals both his extraordinary technical prowess and his limitations as an artist, writes Ben Luke

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