210:. Taking advantage of a relocation of the school to new premises in Somerset House, and newly empty walls in seminar rooms, he leveraged the Courtauld into exhibiting the work of contemporary painters on long-term temporary loan as 'The East Wing Collection' - a practice which continues to this day as 'The East Wing Biennial'. Past exhibitors in the Collection/Biennial include
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642:"The London Dead: Joshua Compston, 1970-1996, Kensal Green"
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148:Jeremy Fry
68:Shoreditch
41:1970-06-01
1460:Post-YBAs
1424:Stuckists
1409:David Lee
1382:Opponents
1326:Advocates
1262:Eli Broad
1174:Galleries
1128:Sensation
837:Fiona Rae
787:Gary Hume
566:4 October
535:ArtRabbit
472:4 October
446:1 January
356:Gary Hume
143:Patron(s)
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440:Archived
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690:Artists
389:, 2013
280:Dadaist
1455:Momart
1114:Freeze
1040:My Bed
540:27 May
515:27 May
379:, 2000
364:Thames
177:Putney
49:Putney
1092:Shows
1075:Tense
1033:House
348:ether
342:Death
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1047:Myra
613:2009
568:2016
542:2021
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