{"id":54286,"date":"2025-01-28T23:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/art\/the-pastel-society-126th-annual-exhibition-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T23:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:58:13","slug":"the-pastel-society-126th-annual-exhibition-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=54286","title":{"rendered":"The Pastel Society 126th Annual Exhibition (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Open<\/b> every day (10am-5pm)<\/li>\n<li>\n        <b>Admission<\/b> \u00a36, Free for Friends of Mall Galleries and under 25s.<br \/>\n        Concessions available. No booking required.\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <b>Catalogue<\/b> is available at the Gallery &#8211; or you can<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/mallgalleries\/docs\/ps_2025_catalogue\" target=\"_blank\">view it online<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>You can also see the artworks in the exhibition ONLINE<\/b> via<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The artwork I liked typically gets a photo of just that work&#8230;.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEilymh8GydAXSqi0O49iSnHiypmJoo2k3XadFLPGOmFpC6al_du0ZehhJ2F-5mP5m2NbY65gPHaIV32s6rWDA14GXu2J5ZLQ2XjDH0KjeMLzvXq-F9geqnrtGqcOVQvSQKAJWuiFHxQaM-JnZ-XCXgly24FrFaBSMfN-WL3uyEkMfJ2Nsun2SGD\/s600\/west%20gallery.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"300\" data-original-width=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEilymh8GydAXSqi0O49iSnHiypmJoo2k3XadFLPGOmFpC6al_du0ZehhJ2F-5mP5m2NbY65gPHaIV32s6rWDA14GXu2J5ZLQ2XjDH0KjeMLzvXq-F9geqnrtGqcOVQvSQKAJWuiFHxQaM-JnZ-XCXgly24FrFaBSMfN-WL3uyEkMfJ2Nsun2SGD\/s16000\/west%20gallery.jpg\"\/><\/a>\n            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n              The West Gallery\n            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>      <span><a name=\"more\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhm7t-xTLqyoLKlOovS2pLlHl8zR_8ajqMq6x9IGbSd7suqlCPDEkhncg18JUh261mJnIUmrY45gZmtob940CDYZey6BJCzvz_qSdHTxtuvkd1FEd07LQrLHMhqFgyIq_2h4sPQjKe_s9i7RKMsCv1_8kFHuLlCGTkl7BKHGmRAobS-uTqUOOs-\/s600\/east%20gallery.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"299\" data-original-width=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhm7t-xTLqyoLKlOovS2pLlHl8zR_8ajqMq6x9IGbSd7suqlCPDEkhncg18JUh261mJnIUmrY45gZmtob940CDYZey6BJCzvz_qSdHTxtuvkd1FEd07LQrLHMhqFgyIq_2h4sPQjKe_s9i7RKMsCv1_8kFHuLlCGTkl7BKHGmRAobS-uTqUOOs-\/s16000\/east%20gallery.jpg\"\/><\/a>\n            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n              East Gallery on PV night.<br \/>During the exhibition it&#8217;s being<br \/>\n              used for educational learning events\n            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi9s8oO__4hIQU_sn6Vane-itJWEchRwj1GehqgsM_x5p4he3NgwfXAikAw714irhqeaZ3t0vzzZky709dsgPBcjU2j6wJHNCNPMy9w-oYDGkhzXId5THqi6e1rH9Cs43tRWm9Mh2hEVPpy8CVtfHh96m5UVb65NaTUJnYaQVjwkhk-lVmEXeA4\/s600\/north%20gallery.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"300\" data-original-width=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi9s8oO__4hIQU_sn6Vane-itJWEchRwj1GehqgsM_x5p4he3NgwfXAikAw714irhqeaZ3t0vzzZky709dsgPBcjU2j6wJHNCNPMy9w-oYDGkhzXId5THqi6e1rH9Cs43tRWm9Mh2hEVPpy8CVtfHh96m5UVb65NaTUJnYaQVjwkhk-lVmEXeA4\/s16000\/north%20gallery.jpg\"\/><\/a>\n            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n              North Gallery\n            <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n      <b>There are<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mallgalleries.org.uk\/exhibitions-events\/pastel-society-events-programme-2025\" target=\"_blank\">a number of events over the course of the exhibition<\/a><\/b>. Plus there&#8217;s also an Art Event Evening on Tuesday 28th January. (6pm to<br \/>\n      8:30pm) &#8211; but this is now sold out!\u00a0 The events allow you the opportunity to find out about different dry media and approaches to using them.<\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi58nW0d5-uX_AYu-gMDpBNzP3rQfQWN_NBruNqo_qe4n5i8dy1HbuZPiLpXps78SVT4aEcXOvAsOtwXNnDrpLr1cQ0oFyJZATDHcJxFcuR0aeotBZxzbdX__jFvPNZjM9JLfnJLRTeqCeRjvi5NV9xrbH581xXEnbkBxo3S-Q-qJMToMJ70UAW\/s600\/PS%20events.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"479\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi58nW0d5-uX_AYu-gMDpBNzP3rQfQWN_NBruNqo_qe4n5i8dy1HbuZPiLpXps78SVT4aEcXOvAsOtwXNnDrpLr1cQ0oFyJZATDHcJxFcuR0aeotBZxzbdX__jFvPNZjM9JLfnJLRTeqCeRjvi5NV9xrbH581xXEnbkBxo3S-Q-qJMToMJ70UAW\/s16000\/PS%20events.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">An event last Thursday.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n      You can also see <b>a video about the Society and its exhibition<\/b> on the<br \/>\n      websites.<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Magic of Pastels | Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2025\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MVvt__nvlG4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>You can also see the artworks which won awards on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pastelsociety.uk\/?hl=en-gb\" target=\"_blank\">The Pastel Society Instagram account<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>You&#8217;ll also find that I took a photo of each artwork which won an<br \/>\n          award<\/b><br \/>\n        with the &#8216;sticker&#8217; next to it in my albums of the artwork in the three<br \/>\n        galleries<i> (see links above).<\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<div>\n        <b>There was one artwork which I personally thought richly deserved a<br \/>\n          prize for <i>&#8220;alla prima pastel mark-making&#8221; <\/i><\/b>and that was <i>September<\/i> by<br \/>\n        <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaprout.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rebecca Prout<\/a><\/b>. There was no other artwork in the exhibition which got anywhere near<br \/>\n        the skill involved in this technique in this exhibition. Putting your<br \/>\n        pastel mark down and then not touching it again while constructing a<br \/>\n        figurative artwork is a rare skill! There is layering but absolutely no<br \/>\n        mixing or feathering or smudging whatsoever in this artwork. I was<br \/>\n        amazed it did not win a prize &#8211; especially since it so very obviously<br \/>\n        superior to the one located to its left which did win a prize!\u00a0\n      <\/div>\n<p><b>NOTE<\/b>:\u00a0<i>Alla prima<\/i> is an Italian phrase that means &#8216;at first attempt&#8217;. It&#8217;s usually only seen in wet paints. It&#8217;s not often used by pastel artists over the entirety of their artwork.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"Apple-interchange-newline\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">\n          <span style=\"color: #3d85c6;\">Sales<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n      I did however notice on Thursday that a big long wall of artwork by<br \/>\n      members had not one sale. However by Sunday, this had changed and there<br \/>\n      were a few sales on the same wall. I do think member artists need to pay a<br \/>\n      LOT more attention to the price ranges which attract sales. I know the<br \/>\n      artists who have already done their homework &#8211; they&#8217;re the ones with the<br \/>\n      red dots!\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n      Overall by lunchtime yesterday, some 53 of the 382 artworks (14%) had been<br \/>\n      sold, with<br \/>\n      <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sgart.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sheila Goodwin<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n      and<br \/>\n      <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianrawlingstudio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Rawlings<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n      with three each and a number of artists with two each.\n    <\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">\n      <span style=\"color: #0b5394;\">What&#8217;s different about the 2025 &#8220;Benchmark&#8221; Annual Exhibition?<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<p><b>This exhibition is called &#8220;Benchmark&#8221;\u00a0<\/b>and I learned that in recent times, The Pastel Society has been giving each annual exhibition a name which includes &#8216;mark&#8217;. \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 Last year it was &#8220;ReMARKable&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><i><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\"><b\/><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\"><b>Benchmark<\/b>: something that serves as a standard by which others may be measured or judged (technical skill, originality, innovation and enthusiasm)<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Catalogue<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n      <b>The main thing for me that it looks great &#8211; and is well hung.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also different, in<br \/>\n        part because it appears to have got lots of new people exhibiting work and doing so<br \/>\n        in\u00a0 new ways.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n      There&#8217;s much more variety of both subject matter and methods and<br \/>\n      techniques and approaches used. <\/b>This all makes for an interesting<br \/>\n      exhibition. I think some of this has probably come about because younger<br \/>\n      artists now appreciate much better the opportunities that an open by a<br \/>\n      national art society offers &#8211; and consequently lots of them apply.<\/p>\n<p>See my comment below as to why I wasn&#8217;t a huge fan of some of the oil pastel artwork.<\/p>\n<p><b>I&#8217;m pleased to see that some of my criticisms levelled at the exhibition two years ago have now been addressed<\/b> and I&#8217;ve been impressed by the scope, content and delivery of the entire exhibition &#8211; although I do think it could do more in terms of social media marketing <i>(as in daily in the lead up to the opening of the exhibition and first week).<\/i><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #3d85c6;\">New art and artists<\/span><\/h3>\n<div>These two pastel artworks by <b><a href=\"https:\/\/penelopefulljames.com\/portfolio-by-sizes\/pastel-paintings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Penelope Fulljames<\/a><\/b>\u00a0who is a <i>very<\/i> experienced artist &#8211; but new to working in pastels &#8211; were a standout to me. My eye kept coming back to them. It just goes to show that anybody who has developed expertise in creating artwork can switch to pastels and create yet more good artwork!\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>I do hope she exhibits again next year &#8211; I&#8217;ll be looking to see if she does. To me she has all the hallmarks of a future member&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m used to seeing watercolour artists getting lots of plaudits for their hyper realistic treatment of items that have rusted &#8211; but I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;ve seen a lot of it in this exhibition. This artwork is also in coloured pencil. Looks like those who like rusty watercolours also like rusty coloured pencil artworks!<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiTBxm3lVjI0n3MbmXc7ELAjMdh0aVfad44I34X6hfA_keKMvOXGe2u1IXLMdoateCeGPz3xp68zLOjRF3yz0vHoIXvuZHQAai1lGga3YsLRkTBo8ef3jFFOEjXSJ4F4q4RK8f4revlg3MwUrqSrPqAB3UTdAjf1xrwuKzKHB-uXA5LIX5iBCqj\/s600\/robert%20strange.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiTBxm3lVjI0n3MbmXc7ELAjMdh0aVfad44I34X6hfA_keKMvOXGe2u1IXLMdoateCeGPz3xp68zLOjRF3yz0vHoIXvuZHQAai1lGga3YsLRkTBo8ef3jFFOEjXSJ4F4q4RK8f4revlg3MwUrqSrPqAB3UTdAjf1xrwuKzKHB-uXA5LIX5iBCqj\/s16000\/robert%20strange.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Rusty Smiths Crisp Tin<\/i> by Robert Strange (sold)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>There&#8217;s lots more I like &#8211; but that would make for a very long post! Take a look at my photo albums on Facebook to see the ones which merited an individual photo.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">\n      <span style=\"color: #0b5394;\">When is a pastel not a pastel?<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m very much minded to ask &#8220;<i><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\">what is a pastel?<\/span><\/i>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n      That&#8217;s because I could see that<br \/>\n      <b>there seemed to be a big increase in people using oil pastels<\/b> &#8211; but<br \/>\n      using them in a variety of ways &#8211; with some using techniques which made<br \/>\n      them resemble oil paintings. I think that causes confusion for people &#8211;<br \/>\n      especially since this is essentially a &#8220;dry media&#8221; society. The surface of<br \/>\n      an artwork <u>in this exhibition<\/u> should look as if a pastel has been used.<\/p>\n<p>\n        I know there has been discussion about mixed media in the past and I<br \/>\n        seem to recall the conclusion then was that any secondary media should<br \/>\n        NOT be dominant. e.g. it was OK to use acrylic gesso underneath on the<br \/>\n        support to provide an underpainting but it must NOT be a dominant part<br \/>\n        of the artwork. i.e. you should be looking at the pastel work and not<br \/>\n        the gesso marks.\n      <\/p>\n<div>\n        <b>So in this context &#8211; I do NOT expect to see artworks which masquerade<br \/>\n          as oil paintings with<br \/>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impasto\" target=\"_blank\">IMPASTO<\/a><br \/>\n          surfaces in a pastel society exhibition.\u00a0<\/b>\n      <\/div>\n<div>\n        I think oil pastel artworks which try very hard to look like oil<br \/>\n        paintings need to be in the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of<br \/>\n        Oil Painters &#8211; and you won&#8217;t ever persuade me otherwise.\u00a0 There are ay number of artists who have painted well (and seperately) in oils and pastels <i>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolfkahn.com\/artworks\" target=\"_blank\">Wolf Kahn<\/a> springs to mind)<\/i> but you could always tell the difference between the two.<\/div>\n<p>What I&#8217;d hate to see is oil pastels trying to be oil paintings invading this exhibition &#8211; <u>which is the only one available for exclusively dry media<\/u>. Acrylics tried to invade the ROI &#8211; but have now been banned.<\/p>\n<div><b><br \/>\n        I&#8217;m not saying ban oil pastels from this exhibition<\/b>. There are oil<br \/>\n        pastels in the exhibition (eg Carry Ackroyd&#8217;s <i>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/buyart.mallgalleries.org.uk\/ps-2025\/004-shingle-beach\/?_gl=1*sp0hgk*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTUzNjI2NzUyMi4xNzM3OTkyNTI5*_ga_P3DPZCD1RY*MTczNzk5MjUyOS4xLjAuMTczNzk5MjUyOS4wLjAuMA..\" target=\"_blank\">Shingle Beach<\/a>&#8221; <\/i>below)<br \/>\n        which I would not know without looking very closely or at the label whether they were<br \/>\n        soft pastels or oil pastels &#8211; <u>because of the way the pastel has been<br \/>\n        used<\/u>. At no point does it make me think of an oil painting.\u00a0\n      <\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEip05qcBtc2aOHEsHMW4FIKncWLJd1RF2q5CVaXb6-CWvIcN1m1JMQfKIhxGM16Chfr8753PxYbJzIn1oDvaYYzYlOf9uH164vVxstd8ni1ibZKVE7nv1riWjc3KB-lBPa83MI-57NwG-iKHFY7pENiY_Is_AjOCq6ZAqUVEqJx5opUx-jSigIU\/s600\/carry%20ackroyd.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"450\" data-original-width=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEip05qcBtc2aOHEsHMW4FIKncWLJd1RF2q5CVaXb6-CWvIcN1m1JMQfKIhxGM16Chfr8753PxYbJzIn1oDvaYYzYlOf9uH164vVxstd8ni1ibZKVE7nv1riWjc3KB-lBPa83MI-57NwG-iKHFY7pENiY_Is_AjOCq6ZAqUVEqJx5opUx-jSigIU\/s16000\/carry%20ackroyd.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Shingle Beach<\/i> by Carry Ackroyd<br \/>oil pastel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n        What I am saying to the Pastel Society is <b>please\u00a0be very much more explicit about how you expect oil<br \/>\n        pastels to be used and BAN the use of techniques used by oil painters to<br \/>\n        create impasto surfaces.<br \/>\n      <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bottom line &#8211; in my opinion<b> Texture should\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><b>ALWAYS be a product of an artist&#8217;s expertise in MAKING MARKS &#8211; and\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>NOT a product of the art medium you&#8217;ve mixed with your pastel.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The pastel stick <u>on its own<\/u> &#8211; in an artist&#8217;s hands &#8211; is what should always reign supreme in any pastel society \/ exhibition.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>        <span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-size: 22px;\">More posts about Pastel Society Exhibitions (2006-2024)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b>Below you can access and review my previous posts about Pastel Society exhibitions\u00a0<u>during the last 19 years<\/u>\u00a0&#8211; from my archives.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>This was this year&#8217;s Call for Entries post<\/b><\/p>\n<div><b>As you can see I&#8217;ve reviewed this exhibition every year since 2006!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open every day (10am-5pm) Admission \u00a36, Free for Friends of Mall Galleries and under 25s. Concessions available. No booking required. 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