Stuart Jeffries

A cast of Antony Gormley? Or a pair of giant conkers? Gormley’s RA show reviewed

While the British sculptor fixates on the body at the Royal Academy, his fellow Turner Prize-winner Mark Leckey attempts to escape it at Tate Britain

issue 05 October 2019
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  • Antony Gormley

    Royal Academy, until 3 December

  • Mark Leckey: O’ Magic Power of Bleakness

    Tate Britain, until 5 January 2020

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