Martin Gayford

Scholarship and folly

Plus: Soundscapes at the National Gallery reviewed: Martin Gayford reckons that soundtracks are best left inside the artist’s head

  • Turner’s Wessex — Architecture and Ambition

    Salisbury Museum, until 27 September

  • Soundscapes

    National Gallery, until 6 September

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