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Money—£1m plus VAT, to be precise—for old rope is the premise for David Shrigley’s latest exhibition, which opens at Stephen Friedman gallery in London tomorrow (14 November). Over the past eight ...

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In “Rope,” Tim Queeney makes a case for the humble material as the tie that binds human history. By Sam Kean Sam Kean is the author of seven books, including “Dinner With King Tut,” “The Icepick ...