A RARE exhibition of work by one of Britain's most distinguished contemporary painters is being shown in Kendal before an anticipated debut at key London galleries, reports Ellis Butcher.

Staff at the Abbot Hall Art Gallery and the Lakeland Arts Trust have proclaimed the forthcoming event "as the most important exhibition to come to Kendal since that of Lucien Freud" in 1998.

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May 16, 2003 09:30