Last week, pilgrims queued round the block at Westminster Cathedral to see the last mortal fragments of St Thérèse of Liseux. This week, the same sort of people could well be expected at the National Gallery's latest show. The Sacred Made Real is a decidedly quirky if not downright eccentric exhibition. It looks at the painted wood sculptures created for religious purposes in 17th-century Spain. It might prove disconcerting to the staunch Protestant psyche. Here is the art of the Counter-Reformation in all its glory and gore. So forget the stripped altars and pared down practices of our...
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