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Charles Harrison as Curator

Art historian, editor, curator and member of the artist collective Art & Language, Charles Harrison (1942–2009) was one of the leading figures of the British art world in the late 1960s and 1970s. As Deputy Editor of the influential magazine Studio International, Harrison embraced the diverse movement as a crucial turning point in the history of modernism.

Tate Britain, London, until 10 March 2013.

Gilbert and George. This ‘magazine sculpture’ was published in Studio International in 1970, in black and white, with the offending words censored.
Gilbert and George. This ‘magazine sculpture’ was published in Studio International in 1970, in black and white, with the offending words censored.

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