Elizabeth Fisher is an independent curator and writer. She curated 'Gustav Metzger: Lift Off!' at Kettle's Yard gallery, Cambridge, in 2014

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Gustav Metzger (1960), Ida Kar. © National Portrait Gallery, London

Gustav Metzger (1926–2017)

Once described as the ‘conscience of the art world’, Metzger believed in the responsibility of artists to inspire revolutionary social change

6 Mar 2017

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