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COVER Spencer Tunick NewcastleGateshead 4 2005 detail 01 FEATURES Curating Doubt Curators are caught between a rock of narcissism and a hard place of critical paralysis says JJ Charlesworth Institutionalisation For All Dave Beech tackles an old taboo COMMENT
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