Gillian Darley is an architectural historian and President of the Twentieth Century Society

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The search is on for England’s missing public sculptures

Public sculpture was one marker of an ambitious, aspirant and generous society, the kind of world that we urgently need to be reminded of

16 Dec 2015
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Comings and goings: Paolozzi and public art

It’s not just Paolozzi’s mosaics that have come under threat in recent years. Is it time for a public catalogue of such items?

6 Feb 2015
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As LACMA moves ahead with plans to demolish its four original buildings, is it time to reassess the project – or is it too late?

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