Tate removes reference to ‘amusing’ restaurant after racist images in mural draw anger

Exclusive: gallery removes reference to venue as ‘most amusing room in Europe’ as call grow for artwork’s removal

Tate Britain has removed a reference to its restaurant as “the most amusing room in Europe” after complaints about racist depictions in a 1920s mural.

The Rex Whistler restaurant is covered floor to ceiling in a specially commissioned mural by the eponymous British artist titled The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats, which depicts the enslavement of a black child and the distress of his mother. It also shows the boy running behind a horse and cart which he is attached to by a chain around his neck.

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