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The Luxembourg & Dayan gallery kicked off its show Salvatore Scarpitta 1956-64 on 13 October with a VIP preview that included a toast by Julian Schnabel. The film-maker and painter said that the textural paintings by his friend, who died in 2007, needed to be seen, if only for their interplay with contemporary works by Joseph Beuys, Cy Twombly and Lucio Fontana. It takes time to see someones work, he said. Sometimes you dont get to see it until they die. I was reading this book that said ar