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The dining room at Windsor Castle holds one of Grinling Gibbons's carvings, others are found at churches including St Paul's Cathedral and the sculptor developed a kind of signature including peapods in many of his works. As an exhibition at Compton Verney explores his career: Matthew Sweet is joined by the curator Hannah Phillip, the artist and film-maker Alison Jackson who is known for working with lookalike performers. We also hear from artist Lucy McKenzie who has over 80 works on show at Tate Liverpool and Curator and New Generation Thinker Danielle Thom who has been collecting craft for the Museum of London.

Grinling Gibbons: Centuries in the Making runs at Compton Verney until January 30th 2022.

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Lucy McKenzie's work is on show at Tate Liverpool until 13 March 2022 comprising 80 works dating from 1997 to the present which include large-scale architectural paintings, illusionistic trompe l鈥檕eil works, as well as fashion and design.

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Producer: Sofie Vilcins

Image: Cravat made of limewood carved by Grinling Gibbons ca. 1690.
Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London