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MC Escher review – hallucinatory insights from the master of the mind-bending staircase

Somerset House, London Escher’s paradoxical geometries and impossible gravities may baffle the mind – yet even his wildest works were never just fanciful, as this fun and gripping show makes clearWe think we know the world of Maurits Cornelis Escher with its mind-bending staircases and buildings that impossibly twist upon themselves. Yet a shocking glimpse of reality intrudes in Somerset House’s gripping journey through his metaverse. In 1945, Escher designed a diploma for students at a...

The Guardian UK 6d ago

MC Escher review – hallucinatory insights from the master of the mind-bending staircase

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The Guardian Culture 6d ago

Mind-melting MC Escher, mesmerising Marilyn and the greatness of Glasgow – the week in art

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The Guardian UK 5d ago

Mind-melting MC Escher, mesmerising Marilyn and the greatness of Glasgow – the week in art

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The Guardian Culture 5d ago

Aristocrat, 79, who advertised for 'good breeder' and 'castle-trained' wife on ITV loses £1.2million battle with ex

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Daily Mirror 8d ago

Eccentric TV aristocrat loses High Court battle with ex-wife over £1.2m divorce settlement

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The Independent UK 8d ago

Father's desperate appeal 30 years on from notorious unsolved murder

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Watchdog investigates police over Bristol explosives homicide

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The Guardian UK 8d ago

Watchdog investigates police over Bristol explosives homicide

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Teen girl 'repeatedly raped' by multiple men who fled UK in lorry to avoid justice

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