The exterior of Tate Britain still shows the damage it suffered...

The exterior of Tate Britain still shows the damage it suffered during the wars - the Abstractionists vs the Pop-ites during the mid-1960s (after which abstraction was forced into chilly exile, i.e. the art schools); the Performance Artists vs the Rest of the World in the 1970s (abandoned due to utter indifference); and the Brief Scottish Figurative Invasion of the mid-1980s (which ended terribly for all concerned, and without anyone capitalising on the lucrative t-shirt merchandising rights). #art #Tate #tatebritain #auerbach #architecture #frankauerbach #news #london #artschool #exhibition