The gallery show that split the critics down the middle
One canvas, twelve metres wide, and an argument that has spilled out of the art pages entirely.
The queue starts before opening and wraps around the block, which is not something anyone expected from an exhibition of abstract painting.
The centrepiece is enormous, deliberately unfinished in one corner and impossible to photograph in a way that does it justice, which may be the entire point.
Two reviews, two universes
One national critic called it the most important canvas of the decade. Another called it an expensive shrug. Both reviews ran on the same morning.
The gallery, unsurprisingly, has printed both quotes on the same poster and hung it by the entrance.
Attendance has tripled since the row began, which tells you something about how art actually finds its audience.
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