London’s Italian art invasion
An extraordinary quantity of post-war Italian art has been exhibited, sold and written about this year. What's behind the rich pickings?
An extraordinary quantity of post-war Italian art has been exhibited, sold and written about this year. What's behind the rich pickings?
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It is not painting that is set free here, but the painter, liberated from the often questionable roles into which he has been conscripted in the name of British art
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