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This Wednesday, as London entered Tier 3 restrictions, the city’s gyms, saunas, hairdressers and tattoo parlours remained open. But the city’s public museums and art galleries were forced to close their doors. “There’s a long list of places that are allowed to stay open, and it’s both saddening and inexplicable that we aren’t on it”, says Jane Alison, Head of Visual Arts at the Barbican. “Galleries have worked incredibly hard this year to ensure our venues are safe. We could be open – and  should be open. As a sector, I believe we now have...

Cuts and controversies hogged headlines. But, despite the pandemic, there were some glittering gems 12 December 2020 • 2:00pm Artemisia Gentileschi, Jael and Sisera, 1620 (detail) Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest We may hanker to forget 2020, but cultural historians will be studying it for years. And, when they do, they will surely debate which moment was more important: the spring evening when Britain’s museums and galleries went dark ahead of the first national lockdown, or the summer afternoon when protesters toppled a bronze statue of an English slave trader into Bristol’s harb...