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24/08/2013

Regenerating Margate

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Peter Day asks whether Margate's Turner Contemporary art gallery will rejuvenate the town

Peter Day explores the relationship between commerce and art in the seaside town of Margate. Will the Turner Contemporary art gallery help to revive the town?

Towns and cities all over the world are looking to culture to help them rejuvenate themselves. Two years ago Margate in Kent in the UK joined the trend when it opened the £17million Turner Contemporary gallery. Can art (plus shopping) change the fortunes of a struggling community? Peter Day finds out.

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