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A spoilt birthday party

THIS week was meant to witness the 20th-anniversary celebrations of the opening of Tate Modern on May 11, 2000. The fact that the gallery’s doors are shut at present should not—in Athena’s opinion —detract from the significance of this landmark for one of the

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