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Exhibition Review
Surréalisme
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 57-61
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Reviewer:
Hopkins, David (Hopkins, David)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
subjects:
Surrealism / Paintings / Photomontages / Photographs / Film (cinema)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Surréalisme Centre Pompidou, Paris 4th September 2024–13th January 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
28. Sans titre [main-coquillage] (Untitled; handshell), by Dora Maar. 1934. Gelatin silver print, 15 by 19.8 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art modern, Paris; Rmn-Grand Palais, Paris).
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29. L’ange du foyer (Le Triomphe du surréalisme), by Max Ernst. 1937. Oil on canvas, 117.5 by 149.8 cm. (© AGAGP, Paris; private collection; photograph Vincent Everarts)
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30. Installation view of Surréalisme at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2024. (Courtesy Centre Pompidou, Paris; photograph J. Rodriguez- Garcia).
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31. Scylla, by Ithell Colquhoun. 1938. Oil on panel, 91.4 by 61 cm. (© Noise Abatement Society, Samaritans and Spire Healthcare; Tate).
Book Review
Piranesi and the Modern Age
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1239-1241
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Reviewer:
Minor, Heather Hyde (Minor, Heather Hyde)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo, Norway
subjects:
Italian art / Modern art / Literature / Film (cinema) / Photography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Piranesi and the Modern Age By Victor Plahte Tschudi. 288 pp. incl. 81 col. + 25 b. & w. ills. (MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 2022), $49.95. ISBN 978–0–262–04717–3. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. The Gothic arch (pl.XIV from Carceri d’invenzione), by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. c.1749– 50. Etching and engraving, 49.4 by 63.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Kerensky ascending the Jordan Staircase, still from October: Ten Days that Shook the World, directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1927.
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6. The drawbridge (pl. VII from Carceri d’invenzione), by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Early 1770s. Etching with engraving, 54.2 by 40.6 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Exhibition Review
Sade: Freedom or Evil
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1143–1146
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Reviewer:
Padiyar, Satish (Padiyar, Satish)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Drawings / Prints / Conceptual art / Surrealism / Film (cinema) / Photography
museums and institutions:
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
subjects:
Sade, Marquis de, Donatien Alphonse François / Cultural history / Eroticism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sade: Freedom or Evil Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona 11th May–15th October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. Marquis de Sade, by Charles Amédée Philippe van Loo. 1760–62. Black chalk on paper, diameter 29 cm. (Musée d’Arts de Nantes; exh. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona).
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24. After the performance o Relâche, by Toyen (Marie Čermínová). 1943. Oil on canvas, 104.5 by 47 cm. (Alšova Jihočeská Galerie / South Bohemian Gallery, Hluboká nad Vltavou; exh. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona).
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25. PM 2010, by Teresa Margolles. 2012. 313 front pages of PM, 300 by 1300 cm. (Private collection; photograph Marta Gornicka; exh. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona).
Exhibition Review
William Kentridge. Royal Academy of Arts, London
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1287-1289
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Reviewer:
Seligman, Isabel (Seligman, Isabel)
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artists:
Kentridge, William, b. 1955
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Drawings / Film (cinema) / Published illustrations / Sculpture / Installations (visual works)
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
places:
South Africa
subjects:
South African / History / Colonialism / Capitalism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
William Kentridge Royal Academy of Arts, London 24th September–11th December | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Black box / Chambre noire, by William Kentridge. 2005. Animated 35 mm film transferred to video, projected front and back onto model theatre with drawings and mechanical puppets, duration 22 minutes, object 360 by 200 by 139.5 cm. (© William Kentridge; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk; courtesy Royal Academy of Arts, London; photograph David Parry; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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31. The conservationists’ ball, by William Kentridge. 1985. Charcoal, coloured pastel and gouache on paper (triptych), 198.5 by 97.5 cm (left), 198.5 by 138.5 cm (centre) and 198.5 by 97.5 cm (right). (© William Kentridge; Rupert Museum, Stellenbosch; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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32. Still from Notes towards a model opera, by William Kentridge. 2015. Three-channel HD film, duration 11 minutes 14 seconds. (© William Kentridge; courtesy the artist; exh. Royal Academy, London).
Exhibition Review
Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts
05/2022 | 1430 | 164
Pages: 504-507
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Reviewer:
Choi, Kee Il Jr (Choi, Kee Il Jr)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, United States
subjects:
Disney, Walt / Film (cinema) / Animation / French decorative art / Rococo
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts Wallace Collection, London 6th April–16th October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Cinderella looking into a mirror, concept art for Cinderella, by Mary Blair. 1940s. Gouache, graphite and ink on board, 30.5 by 25.4 cm. (© Walt Disney Animation Research Library; exh. Wallace Collection, London).
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17. Tower vase with cover (vase en tour), attributed to Étienne Maurice Falconet, Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. c.1762. Enamelled soft-paste porcelain, 52.1 by 22.9 by 22.9 cm. (Huntington Library, Art Museum and Garden, San Marino; exh. Wallace Collection, London).
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18. Cogsworth, concept art for Beauty and the Beast (1991), by Peter J. Hall. 1989. Marker and gouache on paper, 60.6 by 45.7 cm. (© Walt Disney Animation Research Library; exh. Wallace Collection, London).
Book Review
The Political Portrait: Leadership, Image and Power
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1211-1212
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Reviewer:
Pieri, Giuliana (Pieri, Giuliana)
Subjects
subjects:
Politics / Portraiture / Fascism / Iconography / Mussolini, Benito / Hitler, Adolf / Photography / Film (cinema)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Political Portrait: Leadership, Image and Power Edited by Luciano Cheles and Alessandro Giacone. 368 pp. incl. 200 b. & w. ills. (Routledge, Abingdon, 2020), £120. ISBN 978–1–138–05423–3. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Benito Mussolini promoting the ‘Battle for Grain’ in Aprilia. 1938. Postcard.
Exhibition Review
Nero: The Man Behind the Myth
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 937-939
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Reviewer:
Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Sculpture / Film (cinema) / Videos / Frescoes / Mosaics
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68 / Roman history / Historiography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Nero: The Man Behind the Myth British Museum, London 27th May–24th October | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
4. Nero. Roman, 50–100, with later additions. Marble, height 45 cm. (Musei Capitolini, Rome; exh. British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
5. Agrippina the Younger. Roman, 37–39. Chalcedony, height 9 cm. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
6. Fragments of a gilded stucco panel from the Domus Aurea, Rome, showing a pair of sphinxes among acanthus plants. Roman, 64–68. Plaster and paint, height 16.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Book Review
The International Encyclopedia of Surrealism
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 877-878
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Reviewer:
Mundy, Jennifer (Mundy, Jennifer)
Subjects
art literature:
Encyclopedias
subjects:
Surrealism / Paintings / Photographs / Film (cinema) / Literature / Television / Design
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The International Encyclopedia of Surrealism Edited by Michael Richardson, Dawn Ades, Krzysztof Fijalkowski, Steven Harris and Georges Sebbag. Three vols, 1,664 pp. incl. 100 col. + 410 b. & w. ills. (Bloomsbury, London, 2019), £575. ISBN 978–1–4742–2693–6. | :
Exhibition Review
Notre-Dame, Paris: From Victor Hugo to Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 59-61
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Reviewer:
Dumaine, Samantha (Dumaine, Samantha)
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artists:
Hugo, Victor / Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel / Lassus, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine
buildings:
Notre-Dame de Paris, Paris, France
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Watercolours / Drawings / Daguerreotypes / Film (cinema)
subjects:
Restoration (process) / French architecture / Cathedrals
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Notre-Dame, Paris: From Victor Hugo to Eugène Viollet-le-Duc Crypte archéologique de l’île de la Cité, Paris 9th September 2020–ongoing | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. The parvis of Notre-Dame, by Charles Fréchot. 1833. Watercolour, brush and ink, 39 by 30.7 cm. (Musée Carnavalet– Histoire de Paris; exh. Crypte archéologique de l’île de la Cité, Paris).
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5. North tower of Notre-Dame, Paris, showing Henri Le Secq and the stone chimera called Le stryge, by Charles Nègre. c.1853. Modern salt paper print from paper negative, 32.5 by 23 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; exh. Crypte archéologique de l’île de la Cité, Paris).
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6. Attack on Notre-Dame, by François Nicolas Chifflart. 1876–77. Pen, ink and watercolour, 30 by 26.3 cm. (Maisons de Victor Hugo / Roger-Viollet; exh. Crypte archéologique de l’île de la Cité, Paris).
Book Review
Gan’s Constructivism: Aesthetic Theory for an Embedded Modernism
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 636-637
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Reviewer:
Kocialkowska, Kamila (Kocialkowska, Kamila)
Subjects
artists:
Gan, Aleksey
subjects:
Russian art / Constructivist / Politics / Art theory / Social history / Typography / Urban planning / Film (cinema)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gan’s Constructivism: Aesthetic Theory for an Embedded Modernism By Kristin Romberg. 312 pp. incl. 72 col. + 38 b. & w. ills. (University of California Press, Oakland, 2018), £54. ISBN 978–0–520–29853–8. | :
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