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Galleries fighting back

THE Covid lockdown has had a devastating financial impact on galleries and museums in the city, and they are now trying to re-ignite the sector.

After a widely-shared appeal for funding on Facebook by the KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA) Gallery, director Angela Shaw this week said they had a good response.

She said by using a

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