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Your support makes all the difference.It's a safe bet that Tom Phillips: Drawing to a Conclusion will be less controversial than the Royal Academy's "Sensation" which he staunchly supported. Phillips' massive project of translating, illustrating and co-directing The Inferno for Channel 4 is traced in A Dante Diary. Recent drawings and collages, including a portrait of Salman Rushdie, will also be displayed.
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The National Gallery celebrates the 500th anniversary of Holbein's birth with a collection of paintings and rarely seen portraits including his most well known masterpiece in Making and Meaning - Holbein's `Ambassadors'. Its recent controversial restoration has revived debate about the exact nature of the painting. Ambassadors records the meeting of two officials at the coronation of Ann Boleyn and captures the religious and political intrigue of 16th century Europe.
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