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Darren Almond is recreating the interior of a chapel when I arrive at his studio in Norfolk. Specifically, the Cappella Sansevero in Naples, where his new paintings are about to be installed. The works depict the folds and abstract forms of the rags that Lucian Freud wiped his paintbrushes on, then discarded on the floor around his easel.
For Almond, one of…