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Book Review
Trade, Globalization, and Dutch Art and Architecture: Interrogating Dutchness and the Golden Age
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 534–535
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
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Dutch art / East-West trade / Colonialism / Slavery / Dutch architecture / Globalism
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Trade, Globalization, and Dutch Art and Architecture: Interrogating Dutchness and the Golden Age By Marsely L. Kehoe. 244 pp. incl. 8 col. + 67 b. & w. ills. (Amsterdam University Press, 2023), €124. ISBN 978–94–6372–363–3. | :
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4. Still life with a turkey pie, by Pieter Claesz. 1627. Oil on panel, 76.5 by 135 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Book Review
Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 523–525
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Reviewer:
East, Saffron (East, Saffron)
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art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain
subjects:
Slavery / Social history / Colonialism
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Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance Edited by Victoria Avery and Jake Subryan Richards. 192 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Philip Wilson Publishers, London, 2023), £20. ISBN 978–1–7813–0123–4. | :
Illustrations
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18. Portrait of a man in a red suit. c.1740–80. Oil on canvas, 61.8 by 51.5 cm. (Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council).
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19. Go west young man, by Keith Piper. 1987. 14 monochrome photomontages, gelatin silver print on paper mounted on board. (© Keith Piper; courtesy the artist and Tate).
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20. Marking the moment 3, by Barbara Walker. 2022. Graphite on paper overlaid with mylar. (© Barbara Walker; courtesy the artist and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, and Chris Keenan).
Exhibition Review
Entangled Pasts, 1768–Now: Art, Colonialism and Change
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 411–414
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Sykes, Rebecca (Sykes, Rebecca)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Colonialism / Black people / Black British artists / Slave trade / Slavery
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subjects:
Entangled Pasts, 1768–Now: Art, Colonialism and Change Royal Academy of Arts, London 3rd February–28th April 2024 | :
Illustrations
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23. George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV (1762– 1830), by Joshua Reynolds. c.1787. Oil on canvas, 234 by 147 cm. (Collection of the Duke of Norfolk, Arundel Castle; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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24. Whale falls, by Ellen Gallagher. 2017. Oil, acrylic, ink and paper on canvas, 188 by 202 cm. (Courtesy the artist and Hauser and Wirth; Ekard Collection; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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25. Naming the money, by Lubaina Himid. 2004. Mixed-media installation with sound, dimensions variable. (Courtesy the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London; International Slavery Museum, National Museums Liverpool; photograph Stuart Whipps; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Book Review
Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter in the Age of Velázquez
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 312–314
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Vázquez, Julia (Vázquez, Julia)
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art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Pareja, Juan de / Velázquez, Diego
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Spanish painting / Slavery
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Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter in the Age of Velázquez Edited by David Pullins and Vanessa K. Valdés. 176 pp. incl. 89 col. ills. (Yale University Press, 2023), £40. ISBN 978–1–58839–756–0. | :
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7. Juan de Pareja, by Diego Velázquez. 1650. Oil on canvas, 81.3 by 69.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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8. Calling of St Matthew, by Juan de Pareja. 1661. Oil on canvas, 225 by 325 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
Balthazar: A Black African King in Medieval and Renaissance Art
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1035-36
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Nethersole, Scott (Nethersole, Scott)
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Jesus Christ: Adoration of the Magi / Black people / Africans / Medieval art / Renaissance art / Slavery
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Balthazar: A Black African King in Medieval and Renaissance Art Edited by Kristen Collins and Bryan C. Keene. 152 pp. incl. 121 col. ills. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2023), £35. ISBN 978–1–60606–785–7. | :
Book Review
The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV’s France. By Meredith Martin and Gillian Weiss
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1298
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
subjects:
French art / Slavery / Africans / Turkish / Muslim / Naval Ships / Slaves
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Murillo: Persuasion and Aura By Benito Navarrete Prieto. 348 pp. incl. 272 col. + 14 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, London, 2021), £149. ISBN 978–1–912554–40–9. | :
Exhibition Review
Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents Winslow Homer: Force of Nature
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 919-922
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Reviewer:
Robbins, Nicholas (Robbins, Nicholas)
Subjects
artists:
Homer, Winslow
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
American art / Colonialism / Nature / Slavery / Seascapes
Reviewed Items
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Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 11th April–31st July | :
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Winslow Homer: Force of Nature National Gallery, London 10th September 2022– 8th January 2023 | :
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17. The Gulf Stream, by Winslow Homer. 1899, reworked by 1906. Oil on canvas, 71.4 by 124.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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18. Hurricane, Bahamas, by Winslow Homer. 1898. Watercolour and graphite on wove paper, 36.7 by 53.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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19. Snap the whip, by Winslow Homer. 1872. Oil on canvas, 30.5 by 50.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Museum of the Home
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 858-861
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Reviewer:
Harrod, Tanya (Harrod, Tanya)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museum of the Home (formerly Geffrye Museum), London, Great Britain
subjects:
Museums / Museum extensions / Museology / Museum policy / Displays / Interiors / Restoration (process) / Domestic (house related concept) / Social history / Slavery / Almshouses
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Museum of the Home London from 12th June | :
Illustrations
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26. Installation view of A front room in 1976, curated by the playwright Michael McMillan, at the Museum of the Home, London, 2021 (photograph Em Fitzgerald).
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24. All I want is a room somewhere, by Jonathan Donovan. 2016. Digital print, 118.9 by 84.1 cm. (Museum of the Home, London).
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25. Installation view of Museum of the Home, London, showing a parlour in 1745 with evidence of cleaning (photograph Em Fitzgerald).
Exhibition Review
Slavery: Ten True Stories
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 750-752
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Hoijtink, Mirjam (Hoijtink, Mirjam)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Man-made objects / Installations (visual works) / Paintings / Maps
museums and institutions:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
subjects:
Slavery / Colonialism / Black people / Dutch (people)
Reviewed Items
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Slavery: Ten True Stories Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 19th May–29th August | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Branding iron with the letters ‘GWC’. Steel, 3.7 by 2.2 cm. (De Nederlandsche Bank, National Numismatic Collection, Amsterdam; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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19. Map of Suriname, by Alexander de Lavaux. 1737. Silk, 186.5 by 215.5 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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20. Detail of Fig.19, showing Maroons being forced from their settlements.
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21. Installation view of Slavery: Ten True Stories at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2021, showing Blue beads from Sint Eustatius. 18th– 19th century. Glass, various dimensions. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Turner’s Modern World
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 541-544
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Reviewer:
Yarker, Jonathan (Yarker, Jonathan)
Subjects
artists:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Industrial revolution (1740-1900) / Politics / Slavery
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Turner’s Modern World Tate Britain, London 28th October 2020– 12th September 2021 | :
Illustrations
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7. Slave ship (slavers throwing overboard the dead and dying – typhoon coming on), by J.M.W. Turner. 1840. Oil on canvas, 90.8 by 122.6 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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8. Northampton Election, 6th December 1830, by J.M.W. Turner. c.1830–31. Watercolour, gouache and ink on paper, 292 by 438 cm. (Tate, London).
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9. The Thames above Waterloo Bridge, by J.M.W. Turner. c.1835– 40. Oil on canvas, 90.5 by 121 cm. (Tate, London).
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