When writing a round-up of exhibitions in London in 2016, certain conflicts emerge. It’s easier to bring together than my esteemed colleague Will Gore’s film round-up, as seeing an exhibition can take minutes, while a film takes up a minimum of an hour. If you’re going to look at it like that, and a glance at an exhibition suffices – why then not pick up scraps from the internet, and piece together a long list of exhibitions from the turnmills of encoded artspeak bloggery? After all, is a description of what your eyes take with you from an exhibition anything more than another take-me-at-my-word opinion? I think I’ll just try to cast some winners’ trophies and aspersions with 500 words.
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when writing a round-up of exhibitions in london in 2016, certain conflicts emerge. it’s easier to bring together than my esteemed colleague...
Miguel Cullen

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