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Gilbert and George make bid for establishment status

The Britart duo Gilbert and George have built their reputations on producing some of the most outrageous and shocking artworks featuring nudity, images of sexual acts and using bodily fluids including urine and semen. But today, they insisted they were not ‘anti-establishment’ as they revealed their latest series of pictures in which they celebrate ‘Britishness’.

Art that goes with the flow

Take 50 volunteers, some blue ribbon and the course of a dried-up river and what have you got? The latest artwork from Amy Sharrocks

Michel Auder Survey, Cubitt Gallery, London (Rated 2/ 5 )

A grainy look at Factory life

Great Works: The Room (1952-54), Balthus

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