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At long last, the female artist is present

t London’s Royal Academy, until New Year’s Day, the artist Marina Abramović will be present. Or rather, her work is, as part of a retrospective taking in her half-century career. Abramović is a worthy subject for a major solo show at such a prestigious institution. Through the likes of Rhythm 0 (1974), during which she laid out 72 objects (including a gun and a bullet)

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