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From: art reviews Category: Art Date: 11 November 2007 Time: 04:47 PM Review: This is one of those boring shows for grey heads. Not a blockbuster even. Just a little chip off the old block. However there are two stunning paintings by Signorelli, which stand out like an erection. They are blindingly out of place, cezanne like modelling of people as forms: cones and spheres, and bulging buttocks. They are out of time, like all good painting. Beautiful. Mystery. Without any tedious religious narrative, just a painter painting and when you see them you can feel free of all the audio guides and such like that they will ever throw at you. The free show upstairs of stained glass from the German Renaissance is also surprisingly interesting. The glass is illuminated nicely and makes a nice counterpoint to the paintings which must find their own glow.