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Exhibition Review
Breaking Lines: Futurism and the Origins of Experimental Poetry: Dom Sylvester Houédard and Concrete Poetry in Post-war Britain
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 494–7
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Reviewer:
Thomas, Greg (Thomas, Greg)
Subjects
artists:
Houédard, Sylvester
dates:
1910-1919 / 1920-1929 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1949 / 1940-1959 / 1950-1959 / 1950-1999 / 1960-1969
subjects:
Futurism / Concrete poetry
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Breaking Lines: Futurism and the Origins of Experimental Poetry: Dom Sylvester Houédard and Concrete Poetry in Post-war Britain Estorick Collection, London 15th January–11th May | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Madrigale veneziano (Venetian madrigal) from Aeromusiche d’alfabeto in libertà: Marinetti Crali Cenisi, by Tullio Crali. 1944. (Private collection; exh. Estorick Collection, London).
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14. ishtar’s descent, by Dom Sylvester Houédard. 1971. Typed page 29.7 x 21 cm. (Courtest Lisson Gallery, London; exh. Estorick Collection, London).
Attributed works:
15. Untitled, by Dom Sylvester Houédard. 1967. Newspaper cuttings, fabric and PVC plastic, 35.7 by 33.7 cm. (Courtesy Lisson Gallery, London; exh. Estorick Collection, London).
Book Review
Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy: Ring of Iron, Ring of Wool
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 521–523
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Reviewer:
McAra, Catriona (McAra, Catriona)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Sage (Tanguy), Kay / Tanguy, Yves
dates:
1920-1929 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1949 / 1940-1959 / 1950-1959
museums and institutions:
Helly Nahmad Gallery (New York)
styles:
Surrealism
Reviewed Items
styles:
Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy: Ring of Iron, Ring of Wool Edited by Victoria Noel-Johnson and Marzina Marzetti. 176 pp. incl. 120 col + b. & w. ills. (Skira, New York, 2023), £48. ISBN 978–88–572–5061–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. Unicorns came down to the sea, by Kay Sage. 1948. Oil on canvas, 92.1 by 71.8. cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
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16. Aux aguets le jour, by Yves Tanguy. 1939. Oil on canvas, 40.6 by 30.5 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
17. Ring of iron, ring of wool, by Kay Sage. 1947. Oil on canvas, 137.2 by 97.2 cm. (Mint Museum, Charlotte).
Book Review
The Architecture of Empire: France in India and Southeast Asia, 1664–1962
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 667-668
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Reviewer:
Bremner, G.A. (Bremner, G.A.)
Subjects
dates:
1650-1749 / 1750-1949 / 1950-1959
places:
France / Thailand / India / Vietnam
subjects:
East-West trade / Missionaries / Architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Architecture of Empire: France in India and Southeast Asia, 1664–1962 By Gauvin Alexander Bailey. 488 pp. incl. 206 col. ills. (McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal and Kingston, 2022), £52. ISBN 978–0–228–01142–2. | :
Exhibition Review
Surrealism Beyond Borders
06/2022 | 1431 | 164
Pages: 592-594
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Reviewer:
Richardson, Michael (Richardson, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Dalí, Salvador / Magritte, René / Ernst, Max / Duchamp, Marcel / Chirico, Giorgio de / Joans, Ted / El Janaby, Abdul Kader / Yayoi Kusama, b. 1929 / Rosenstein, Erna
dates:
1920-1929 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1949 / 1940-1959 / 1950-1959 / 1960-1969 / 1970-1979
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Surrealism / Globalism / Politics / Postcolonialism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Surrealism Beyond Borders Tate Modern, London 24th February–29th August | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. A circus rider’s dream, by Yayoi Kusama. 1955. Gouache on paper, 74.9 by 64.5 cm. (Private collection; © Yayoi Kusama; courtesy David Zwirner, New York; Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Singapore and Shanghai; Victoria Miro, London and Venice; photograph Elisabeth Bernstein; exh. Tate Modern, London).
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2. The seven sons of Lautréamont (and his dutiful beautiful daughter), by Ted Joans, Heriberto Cogollo, Agustin Cárdenas, Jorge Camacho, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Hervé Télémaque and Joyce Mansour. 1970–79. Ink on paper with poem, 76.2 by 21.6 cm. (Private collection; © Ted Joans Estate; courtesy Laura Corsiglia; photograph Buddy Ratner; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Attributed works:
3. Ekrany (screens), by Erna Rosenstein. 1951. Oil on canvas, 48 by 64 cm. (© Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Exhibition Review
Julie Manet: An Impressionist Heritage
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 305-307
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Belinda (Thomson, Belinda)
Subjects
artists:
Manet, Julie / Morisot, Berthe / Renoir, Pierre-Auguste / Daumier, Honoré / Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille / Delacroix, Eugène / Degas, Edgar
artists:
Rouart, Ernest
dates:
2020-2030 / 1880-1919 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1959 / 1950-1959 / 1960-1969
museums and institutions:
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, France
subjects:
French art / Impressionism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Julie Manet: An Impressionist Heritage Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris 19th October 2021–20th March 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
27. Julie Manet or Child with cat, by Pierre- Auguste Renoir. 1887. Oil on canvas, 65.5 by 53.5 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; exh. Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris).
Attributed works:
28. Julie Manet writing, by Ernest Rouart. Undated. Oil on canvas, 116.7 by 89.2 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris).
Attributed works:
29. Portraits of Jeannie at the piano and Paule listening to her, by Julie Manet. 1899. Oil on canvas, 90 by 90 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris).
Article
The fate of Chinese history painting in an age of ideology
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 908-915
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Author:
Yiqiang Cao (Yiqiang Cao)
Subjects
artists:
Dong, Xiwen (1914-73) / Mo, Pu (1915-96) / Luo, Gongliu (1916-2004) / Jiang, Feng (1910-82) / Hu, Yichuan (1910-2000) / Wang, Shikuo (1911-73) / Quan, Shansi (b. 1930)
artists:
Shi, Lu
dates:
1950-1959 / 1960-1969
museums and institutions:
National Museum of China, Beijing, China
subjects:
Chinese art / Oil painting (technique) / Propaganda / Communism / History paintings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Settling accounts, by Mo Pu. 1948. Oil on canvas, 90 by 116 cm. (National Art Museum of China, Beijing).
Attributed works:
10. Five heroes of Mount Langya, by Zhan Jianjun. 1959. Oil on canvas, 186 by 236 cm. (National Museum of China, Beijing).
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2. The founding of the nation, by Jin Shangyi and Zhao Yu after Dong Xiwen. 1972. Oil on canvas, 230 by 405 cm. (National Museum of China, Beijing).
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3. Tunnel warfare, by Luo Gongliu. 1951. Oil on canvas, 148 by 178 cm. (National Museum of China, Beijing).
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4. Fighting in Northern Shaanxi, by Shi Lu. 1959. Ink and brush on paper, 233 by 216 cm. (National Museum of China, Beijing).
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5. Eight women soldiers drowning themselves in the Yangtze River, by Wang Shenglie. 1957. Ink and brush on paper, 145 by 392 cm. (Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution, Beijing).
Attributed works:
6. Death before surrender, by Quan Shanshi. 1961. Oil on canvas, 233 by 217 cm. (National Museum of China, Beijing).
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7. Bloody clothes, by Wang Shikuo. 1959. Charcoal on canvas, 192 by 345 cm. (National Museum of China, Beijing).
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8. Very good!, by Zhan Jianjun. 1975. Oil on canvas, 190 by 320 cm. (National Museum of China, Beijing).
Attributed works:
9. An Uzbek, by Quan Shanshi. 1957. Oil on canvas, 115 by 94 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
Giorgio de Chirico: Catalogo Generale. Volume 2: 1910–1975; Volume 3: 1913–1976; and Volume 4: 1913–1975. Edited by Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 83-84
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Reviewer:
Radford, Robert (Radford, Robert)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues raisonnés
artists:
Chirico, Giorgio de
dates:
1910-1919 / 1920-1929 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1949 / 1950-1959 / 1960-1979
sources:
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Rome, Italy
subjects:
Metaphysical art / Copies / Still lifes / Flower pieces / Horses (animals) / Portraits / Theatre design / Poetry
subjects:
Italian art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Giorgio de Chirico: Catalogo Generale Edited by Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico. Volume 2: 1910–1975. 520 pp. incl. approx. 500 col. + b. & w. ills. (Maretti Editore, Imola, 2015), £275. ISBN 978–889–885–559–9. Volume 3: 1913–1976. 472 pp. incl. 475 col. + b. & w. ills. (Maretti Editore, Imola, 2016), £275. ISBN 978–8–898–85578–0. Volume 4: 1913–1975. 512 pp. incl. 451 col. + 475 b. & w. ills. (Maretti Editore, Imola, 2018), £275. ISBN 978–88–9397–000–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. School of gladiators: the fighting, by Giorgio De Chirico. 1928. Oil on canvas, 160 by 240 cm. (Casa Museo Boschi Di Stefano, Milan; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Avant-garde Art and Criticism in Francoist Spain. By Paula Barreiro López
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1076
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Reviewer:
Tusell García, Genoveva (Tusell García, Genoveva)
Subjects
art literature:
Restany, Pierre / Argan, Giulio Carlo
dates:
1900-1949 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1949 / 1950-1999 / 1950-1959 / 1960-1969 / 1970-1979
media:
Paintings / Books
places:
Spain
subjects:
Spanish painting / Art criticism / Criticism / Cultural history / Writings / Exhibitions / Biennials / Competitions / Aesthetics / Abstract art / Civil War (Spain:1936-1939) / Cold War / Politics / Fascism / Marxism / Avant-garde
Book Review
Delirious: Art at the Limits of Reason 1950–1980. By Kelly Baum with Lucy Bradnock and Tina Rivers Ryan
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 806
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Reviewer:
Choi, Yoojin (Choi, Yoojin)
Subjects
art literature:
Krauss, Rosalind E.
artists:
Beckett, Samuel / Artaud, Antonin / Spero, Nancy / Paik, Nam June / Bogat, Regina / Gego / Fahlström, Öyvind
dates:
1950-1999 / 1950-1959 / 1960-1969 / 1970-1979
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Installations (visual works) / Performance art
museums and institutions:
Met Breuer, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York / North America / Europe
subjects:
Psychoanalysis / World War (1939-1945) / Capitalism / Cold War / Culture / Art theory
Book Review
Pollock’s Modernism. By Michael Schreyach
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 354-355
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Reviewer:
Costello, Eileen (Costello, Eileen)
Subjects
art literature:
Greenberg, Clement / Fried, Michael / Clark, T. J. / Ehrenzweig, Anton, 1908-1966 / Palermo, Charles
artists:
Pollock, Jackson / Krasner, Lee / Siqueiros, David Alfaro
dates:
1930-1939 / 1940-1949 / 1950-1959
media:
Paintings
places:
United States
subjects:
American painting (United States of America) / Abstract Expressionism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. Number 1, 1950 (Lavender mist), by Jackson Pollock. 1950. Oil, enamel and aluminum on canvas, 221 by 299.7 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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