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Sargent and Fashion review – tragicomic travesty is a frock horror
Sargent and Fashion review – tragicomic travesty is a frock horror

John Singer Sargent’s gloriously rich and subtle paintings can’t be reduced to dreary facts about hats, dresses and opera gowns. Sadly, that’s just what’s happened in Tate Britain, writes Jonathan Jones.

The Guardian · 20 Feb, 2024 @ 15:33

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