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The spirit in the mass
JOE GILL relishes the emotional force of an exhibition of two interconnected painters who trust instinct over technique
Chaim Soutine: Les Platanes a Ceret, c.1920; Le valet de chambre, c. 1927  [Sotheby's/Lewis Collection]

WHAT connects the work of two highly regarded 20th century artists, Chaim Soutine and Leon Kossoff?

The short answer is their expressive work, their subjects — ordinary people and places — and the way the first influenced the second.

Hastings Contemporary art gallery has brought together an impressive collection of Soutine and Kossoff’s landscapes and portraits in this beautiful gallery located just metres from the fishing boats that sit on the shoreline.

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