HE London Art Fair in Islington saw the launch of a project by Charleston to locate 50 most significant Bloomsbury paintings in private hands. The ‘50 for 50’ exercise will show works that have already been secured, together with others from the collection at the South Downs farmhouse, to encourage further legacies and gifts. I visited the fair on its final day, January 21, and, after looking at the Charleston display, I chatted to Freya Mitton on her stand and mentioned my impression that Duncan Grant sometimes seems a rather feeble painter. ‘Yes,’ she said, ‘but he could be really good, too. Look
