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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

Tate’s ‘unequivocally offensive’ mural to have new work alongside it

Tate Britain Rex Whistler Restaurant
The Whistler mural appears in what was formerly the Tate Britain restaurant. Photograph: Jeff Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Tate Britain has commissioned a new artwork to be exhibited alongside a mural containing racist imagery, after discussions with historians, artists, cultural advisers and civic representatives.

The new installation will be “in dialogue” with the floor-to-ceiling mural by Rex Whistler in what was formerly a restaurant at the London gallery.

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