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    Salvador Dalí's agony-free crucifixion

    Mar 06, 2024 2 minutes

    De gustibus non disputandum is all very well in its way.

    But, having just discovered that Salvador Dalí's Crucifixion was voted Scotland's favourite painting in 2006, I must speak out.

    It is a question not so much of taste as of fittingness. Obviously I can't

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