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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Renowned architect joins calls to save Kurt Schwitters’ Merz Barn

Merz Barn, near Elterwater in Cumbria
Merz Barn, near Elterwater in Cumbria, is to be put up for auction next month after funding could not be found to save it. Photograph: Mark Pinder/The Guardian

The architect Daniel Libeskind has criticised plans to sell off a unique Cumbrian barn once owned by the celebrated modernist artist Kurt Schwitters.

Merz Barn, near Elterwater, is to be put up for auction next month after funding could not be found to save the studio, which Schwitters, an anti-fascist artist, had made into artwork in itself.

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