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Florence Hallett

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Florence writes about the visual arts for a range of specialist and general interest publications.

Articles By Florence Hallett

The Courtauld Gallery - the old place, just better

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Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty, Dulwich Picture Gallery review - adventures in print

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The Making of Rodin, Tate Modern review - surrealist tendencies

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Turner's Modern World, Tate Britain review - the universal artist

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This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist, Netflix - the last word (for now)

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Prix Pictet: Confinement review - a year in photographs

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Artemisia, National Gallery review - worth the wait

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My Rembrandt review - hard cash and hubris

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Khadija Saye: In This Space We Breathe, 236 Westbourne Grove review - a celebrated series finds new resonance

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The Golden Age of Modern Spanish Art, Colnaghi review - the sun shines in the City of Light

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Celia Paul: My Studio, Victoria Miro review - sublime isolation

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Shirley Baker: A Different Age, James Hyman Gallery review - the old at leisure

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Explore Soane review - the museum restored and in 3D

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Visual Arts Lockdown Special 4: sculpting like Rodin, watching artists, and more

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Christo (1935-2020) - 'Beauty, science and art will always triumph'

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Dalí Theatre-Museum, Figueres, virtual tour review - tantalising but unsatisfactory

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