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Spirit of '68 revisited
NICK WRIGHT recommends an exhibition of artworks marking a turbulent year

London: 1968 
Tate Britain, London

TUCKED away in a side room adjacent to the Tate Britain gallery where the paintings of the early 20th century anti-war artist Mark Gertler are displayed — always worth a viewing — is an interesting exhibition of artworks, political ephemera, manifestos and posters that take us back to 1968.

It's an eclectic mix, with a wall of sculptural pieces including artworks from the 1969 ICA exhibition When Attitudes Become Form.

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