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Gilbert and George London Series Is The Daily Pic By Blake Gopnik

The Daily Pic: Gilbert and George make art from endangered newspaper headlines .

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Photo by Christopher Burke Studios, courtesy the artists and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
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At their best, the great London art duo Gilbert and George have a note of poignancy in their work – very notable in early pieces from the 1960s, less so as they've become superstars.

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