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Joshua Compston Was Once the Wunderkind of the British Art World…and Now He’s Been Practically Forgotten

Birth of the YBAs

Edgy, brilliant, and a little bit dangerous, Joshua Compston shook up London’s art scene in the 90s, championing the YBA’s and revitalizing Hoxton and Shoreditch, before he died at 25.

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Robin Farquhar-Thomson

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