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Obituary
Kavita Singh (1964–2023)
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1379–1380
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Author:
Mathur, Saloni (Mathur, Saloni)
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3. Kavita Singh, photographed at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2018. (Photograph Naman P. Ahuja).
Article
Behind the scenes at the modern art museum
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 882–889
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Author:
Pergam, Elizabeth (Pergam, Elizabeth)
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Closed on Mondays: Behind the Scenes at the Museum. By Dinah Casson. 208 pp. incl. 149 col. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2020), £35. ISBN 978–1–84822–434–6. | :
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The Art Museum in Modern Times. By Charles Saumarez Smith. 272 pp., incl. 122 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thames & Hudson, London and New York, 2021), £30. ISBN 978–05– 0002243–6 | :
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The Avant-Garde Museum. Edited by Agnieszka Pindera and Jarosław Suchan. 624 pp. incl. 252 col. + 57 b. & w. ills. (Museum Sztuki, Łódź, 2020) £40. ISBN 978–3–96098–947–9. | :
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Under Discussion: The Encyclopedic Museum. Edited by Donatien Grau. 256 pp. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2021), $35. ISBN 978–1–60606–719–2. | :
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Why the Museum Matters, by Daniel H. Weiss. 224 pp. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2022), $26. ISBN 978–03–0025935–3. | :
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Worlds in a Museum: Exploring Contemporary Museology. Edited by the Louvre Abu Dhabi and École du Louvre. 272 pp. incl. 99 col. ills. (Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2021), £20. ISBN 978–9– 46166–332–0 | :
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1. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2015. (Photograph Ed Lederman).
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2. Glass corridor in the North Wing of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk. (Photograph Kim Hansen).
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3. Proposal for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art expansion by Peter Zumthor. 2019. (Courtesy Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partners; The Boundary)
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4. Seen / Unseen Known / Unknown, by Walter De Maria. 2000. (Bennesse Art Site, Naoshima).
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5. Permanent display of the International collection of Modern Art of the a.r. group at the J. and K. Bartoszewicz Municipal Museum of History and Art. Photograph by Włodzimierz Pfeiffer. 1931. (From J. and K. Bartoszewicz Municipal Museum of History and Art: International Collection of Modern Art / Collection Internationale d’Art Nouveau, Łódź 1932; Archive of the Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź).
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6. Water Court at the Pavilions, Glenstone Museum, Potomac. (Photograph Iwan Baan).
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7. Louvre Abu Dhabi. (Photograph by Roland Halbe).
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8. Daniel Weiss, former President and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2019. (Photograph Mark Abramson).
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9. Burrell Collection, Glasgow. 2022. (Photograph by Hufton + Crow).
Editorial
At Tate Britain
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 695
Article
A museum asserts its identity: the reopening of the Musée de Cluny
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1000-1007
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Author:
Gajewski, Alexandra (Gajewski, Alexandra)
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2. Installation view of Room 13 of the Musée de Cluny. (Musée de Cluny - musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph Alexis Paoli, OPPIC).
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3. The Hôtel de Cluny from rue Du Sommerand, by Léon et Lévy. 1864–73. (École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris; photograph © Beaux-Arts de Paris, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / image Beaux-Arts de Paris).
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4. The room of François I in the Hôtel de Cluny. 1840. Print. (Musée de Cluny, Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée de Cluny - Musée National du Moyen Âge) / musée Cluny).
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5. The thermes of the Musée de Cluny and the entrance hall designed by Bernard Desmoulin. (Musée de Cluny - Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph M. Denancé).
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6. Plan of the of the ground floor of the Musée de Cluny. (After Bernard Desmoulin).
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7. North wall of the frigidarium, Musée de Cluny. c.1880. Watercolour on paper. (Musée de Cluny, Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée de Cluny - Musée national du Moyen Âge) / Franck Raux).
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8. Installation view of Room 9 of the Musée de Cluny. (Photograph Alexandra Gajewski).
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9. Installation view of Room 21 of the Musée de Cluny. (Photograph Alexandra Gajewski).
Western art unattributed:
1. Octagonal table. c.1480. Oak, height 75 cm. (Musée de Cluny, Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée de Cluny - Musée National du Moyen Âge) / Gérard Blot).
Article
Isabel Agnes Cowper: Official Museum Photographer
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1120-1129
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Author:
Lederman, Erika (Lederman, Erika)
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1. Cast of the head of Michelangelo’s David in the Accademia di Belle Arte, Florence, by Isabel Agnes Cowper. 1881. Wet collodion negative on glass, approx. 30.5 by 25.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum Archive, London; negative no.11360).
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10. Still life, by Isabel Agnes Cowper. 1880. Albumen print, 10 by 13.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; acc. no.79790).
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11. Illustration from A. Montalba: ‘Fortunes Favourite: or the very wonderful adventures of Pista, the swineherd’ in Fairy Tales from All Nations with Twenty-Four Illustrations by Richard Doyle, London 1849, by Isabel Agnes Cowper. c.1840s. Wood engraving on India paper, 9 by 8.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; acc. no.17787).
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12. Pourpoint and slashed silk waistcoat, by Isabel Agnes Cowper. c.1873. Albumen print, 48.2 by 34.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; acc. no.74943A).
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13. Brussel’s bobbin lace, by Isabel Agnes Cowper. c.1876. Albumen print, 35.2 by 29.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; acc.no.76794A).
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2. Carved walnut wood frame with glass mirror, Italian, 16th century, by Isabel Agnes Cowper. c.1891. Albumen print, 26.7 by 22.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; acc. no.PH.113A-1891).
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3. Venetian mirror frame, carved and gilt, by Charles Thurston Thompson. 1853. Albumen print, 20 by 25 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; acc. no.33579).
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4. Candlestick, by Isabel Agnes Cowper. c.1870s. Albumen print, 10.5 by 8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; acc. no.76635).
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5. Pair of gloves, embroidered on the back. Spanish(?), end of 16th century, by Isabel Agnes Cowper. c.1873. Albumen print, 23.2 by 16.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; acc. no.74710).
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6. Construction of Trajan’s column, with choir screen from the Cathedral of St John, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, in background, by Isabel Agnes Cowper. 1873. Albumen print, 28.2 by 21.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; acc. no.73676).
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7. South Kensington Museum, interior staircase, Royal College of Science, by Isabel Agnes Cowper. c.1872. Albumen print, 24.5 by 19.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; acc. no.73381).
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8. South Kensington Museum quadrangle: the doorway and doors of the lecture theatre building, by Isabel Agnes Cowper. 1875. Albumen print, 23.4 by 16 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; acc. no.75957).
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9. Twelve-sided vessel, gold, Byzantine Gothic, late 5th century, by Isabel Agnes Cowper, from The Treasure of Petrossa and Other Goldsmith’s Work From Roumania: A Series of Twenty Photographs, London 1869. 1868. Albumen print, 20 by 23.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; acc. no.65871).
Exhibition Review
Humboldt Forum, Berlin
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1172-5
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Reviewer:
Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Vogtherr, Christoph Martin)
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Humboldt Forum, Berlin from 19th July | :
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1. The east and north façades of the Humboldt Forum, Berlin. (© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss; photograph Alexander Schippel).
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2. The Schlüter Courtyard in the Humboldt Forum, Berlin. (© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss; photograph David von Becker).
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3. Installation view of the exhibition Berlin Global, in the Humboldt Forum, Berlin. (© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss; photograph Xander Heinl).
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4. Installation view of the exhibition Art and cult. Sacred art in China and Japan’ at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Humboldt Forum. (© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst; Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss; photograph Alexander Schippel).
Exhibition Review
Museum of the Home
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 858-861
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Reviewer:
Harrod, Tanya (Harrod, Tanya)
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Museum of the Home London from 12th June | :
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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
The Frick Reframed
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 536-539
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Reviewer:
Pergam, Elizabeth (Pergam, Elizabeth)
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The Frick Reframed Frick Madison, New York from 18th March | :
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1. Installation view of Frick Madison, showing Spanish paintings acquired by Henry Clay Frick. (Frick Collection, New York; photograph Joe Coscia).
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2. Installation view of Frick Madison, showing portraits by Frans Hals flanking Self-portrait, by Rembrandt. 1658. (Frick Collection, New York; photograph Joe Coscia).
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3. Installation view of Frick Madison, showing the porcelain gallery. (Frick Collection, New York; photograph Joe Coscia).
Exhibition Review
Museo del Prado 1819–2019: Un lugar de memoria
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 546-549
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Reviewer:
Dotseth, Amanda (Dotseth, Amanda)
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art literature:
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Museo del Prado 1819–2019: Un lugar de memoria Edited by Javier Portús et al. 304 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2018), €18.95. ISBN 978–84–8480–516–8. | :
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13. María Isabel de Braganza, Queen of Spain, as founder of the Museo del Prado, by Bernardo López Piquer. 1829. Oil on canvas, 258 by 174 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; Bridgeman Images).
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14. Museo del Prado 7, by Thomas Struth. 2005. Chromogenic print, 177.5 by 218.6 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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15. View of the Real Museo de Pintura de Madrid, by Léon-Auguste Asselineau after Fernando Brambilla. c.1833. Illuminated lithograph, 29.5 by 46.5 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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16. Sala de la Reina Isabel II, by Jean Laurent. c.1895. Gelatin silver print, 24.8 by 35.7 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Book Review
Deaccessioning and Its Discontents: A Critical History. By Martin Gammon
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 613-614
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Reviewer:
Bayer, Andrea (Bayer, Andrea)
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Deaccessioning and Its Discontents: A Critical History By Martin Gammon. 448 pp. incl. 56 col. + 8 b. & w. ills. (MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London, 2018), | :
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