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Visit to the Government Art Collection

by Joanna | Nov 24, 2011 | Government Art Collection, hidden London, Whitechapel Gallery

Tucked away off Tottenham Court Road in a nondescript yard can be found a building housing the Government Art Collection which isn’t normally open to the public. At any one time two-thirds of the collection is distributed amongst government buildings both at...

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