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Paintings dominate – the good, the bad and the very ugly: Frieze London 2021 reviewed

Most of the fair is choked by the smog of commercialism – but there are pockets that hold out

Dutch Golden Age art for people with Instagram attention spans: the paintings of Issy Wood at the Carlos/Ishikawa stall at Frieze London 2021. Credit: Courtesy Linda Nylind / Frieze
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