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Political Purposes

Frances Spalding

  • New Art New World: British Art in Postwar Society by Margaret Garlake
  • Cultural Offensive: America’s Impact on British Art since 1945 by John Walker

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Frances Spalding’s books include The Tate: A History, The Bloomsbury Group and Whistler.

From the archive

Looking at the Ceiling
T.J. Clark: A Savonarolan Bonfire

At Tate Modern
Daniel Soar on Jeff Wall

In Hackney
Iain Sinclair on Steve Dilworth

At the National Gallery
Peter Campbell: Ingres-flesh

At Tate Britain
Frank Kermode: William Blake