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Does art need an explanation?

Should art galleries continue to explain art by placing captions next to work in major galleries? Tom Lubbock, art critic and cartoonist, and Jane Burton, creative director of the Tate galleries, discuss whether a caption intervenes in the experience of viewing art.

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