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Art for Art`s sake, Money for ......sake

Think Institute of Modern Art, and I bet Middlesbrough wouldn be the first place to spring to mind.But the town has recently acquired a fantastic new, award winning building to house and display its art collection, the MIMA.Eldest daughter is taking Art and Design at college, so we made a…
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special effort to get to see the first headline exhibition, DRAW, featuring Picasso (18 works), Matisse, Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst.There was some pretty good stuff, and some interesting stuff, and, well, some other things! I almost think that the building overshadowed the exhibitions. Perhaps Ill get used to it on future visits. Having said that, I still think wow whenever I see The Sage in Gateshead.Now if I had to name my favourite artists, then it would have to be Andy Goldsworthy.He has a major, year-long exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Barnsley. We made a special Saturday-long…

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