Ken's Show review – sublime choices from a non-expert put the pros to shame

Tate Liverpool
Ken Simons has been hanging artworks in the gallery for 30 years. The decision to let him select his favourites from the vaults has resulted in an inspiring, unfashionable and richly connected show

No curator at any Tate gallery is allowed to touch a work of art. That has to be done by art handlers, whose skills are a mixture of conservation science and DIY ingenuity. Until his retirement last year, Ken Simons was art handling manager at Tate Liverpool.

It’s 30 years since the gallery opened and Simons was a key part of its team from day one. So to mark the anniversary, the museum had the sweet idea of getting him to curate an exhibition of his favourite works, drawn from all the art he has handled through the decades.

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