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All art is here

LONDON ART WEEK (LAW), which officially begins on Friday, is one of the few events not to have missed some sort of iteration in the flesh in the past couple of years, despite some obvious constraints. Even so, it takes place with the excitement and enthusiasm of a new beginning.

There are 51 participants, of whom four overseas and two British dealers are exhibiting virtually. LAW grew out of specialised weeks for drawings, paintings and sculpture, but the net is now cast more widely, and antiquities, antiquarian books, maps and manuscripts, works of art, porcelain, a certain amount of furniture and also frames will).

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