History Is Now: 7 Artists Take on Britain
Hayward Gallery, London SE1
The objects on display in the Hayward Gallery’s “History Is Now: 7 Artists Take on Britain” are supposed to illuminate personal artistic reflections on the past 70 years of our history. What is really on show, however, is the chasm some institutions are happy to leave between the curatorial idea and the visitor experience.
Meryl Streep’s Margaret Thatcher costume from The Iron Lady (2011). Picture: V & A MUSEUM
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