Manchester gallery opens textile archive show tracing mill-town design
A new exhibition reconnects industrial pattern books with contemporary British makers.
Tate Modern Turbine Hall commission draws all-day queues
Visitors praise scale; some ask for clearer timed-entry slots.
The latest Turbine Hall commission at Tate Modern drew queues that wrapped along the Thames path, with visitors praising the work’s sense of scale and staff managing crowd flow with temporary barriers.
Some asked for clearer timed-entry options on busy weekends so local cardholders are not edged out by day-trip clusters.
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