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Tim Hunkin

The Marvellous Mechanical Museum review – marvels ex machina

July 11, 2018 by Editorial Team

Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Four centuries of automata whir into wondrous life in a show that’s as much performance as it is exhibition

Categories Art, Design, Gifts, Holiday Tags Art, Art and design, Article, artists automata, automata, automata exhibition, automaton, automaton exhibition, Compton Verney, Critics, Culture, exhibitions, Laura Cumming, modern automata, Observer New Review, Paul Spooner, Reviews, sculpture, Stuart Patience, The Marvellous Mechanical Museum, The New Review, The Observer, Tim Hunkin, work of art

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