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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Rachel Dixon

Banksy, Hirst and Emin come to town: an arty weekend in Newmarket, Suffolk

Four of The 7: Banksy Under Siege, artworks on display in Newmarket
Four of The 7: Banksy Under Siege, created in Ukraine and now on display in Newmarket. Composite: Geoff Price

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Newmarket in Suffolk is the home of British horse racing, with equine attractions aplenty. There are the two race courses, the Rowley Mile and the July Course; the gallops where the horses are exercised; the National Stud, where they are bred; and Tattersalls, where they are bought and sold. There is plenty of art, too, but it is largely of a horsey nature – the Packard Galleries of British Sporting Art are full of paintings by George Stubbs and Alfred Munnings, and depictions of hunting, hawking, shooting and, of course, racing.

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