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John Ford:An idealist and a sceptic booktoPia CHriS SmitH

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Adbusters Media Foundation thE art of ProtEst gavin grindon looks at convergences of the political and the aesthetic

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60 thE construction of (un)rEality

JameS o’nionS reviews a compelling piece of invented history at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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