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Book Review
Résistances à l’idée d’art moderne dans la peinture: Paris, Londres, New York, 1848–1931
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 300–301
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Reviewer:
Deltour, Louis (Deltour, Louis)
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subjects:
Modernism / Art criticism / Critical Reception / French art / British art / American art
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Résistances à l’idée d’art moderne dans la peinture: Paris, Londres, New York, 1848–1931 By Pierre Sérié. 449 pp. incl. 59 col. + b. & w. ills. (Presses Universitaires Blaise-Pascal, Clermont- Ferrand, 2023), €26. ISBN 978–2–38377–222–4. | :
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8. Le repos à Tonnerre, by Émile Bernard. 1904. Oil on canvas, 120 by 150 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
Objects in Exile: Modern Art and Design across Borders, 1930–1960
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 196–197
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Dianat, Alborz (Dianat, Alborz)
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artists:
Breuer, Marcel / Albers, Anni / Albers, Josef / Moholy-Nagy, László / Moholy, Lucia / Gropius, Walter
subjects:
Modernism / Designers / Exiled artists
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Objects in Exile: Modern Art and Design across Borders, 1930–1960 By Robin Schuldenfrei. 352 pp. incl. 76 col. + 82 b. & w. ills. (Princeton University Press, 2024), £55. ISBN 978–0–691–23266–9. | :
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6. Isokon long chair, by Marcel Breuer. 1936. Bent plywood and laminated birch veneers, 77.5 by 130 by 61.5 cm. (Harvard Art Museums).
Book Review
Art and Modernism in Socialist China: Unexplored International Encounters, 1949–1979
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 74
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Reviewer:
Baecker, Angie C. (Baecker, Angie C.)
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subjects:
Chinese art / Socialism / Modernism
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Art and Modernism in Socialist China: Unexplored International Encounters, 1949–1979 Edited by Shuyu Kong, Julia F. Andrews and Shengtian Zheng. 248 pp. incl. 19 col. + 31 b. & w. ills. (Routledge, New York and London, 2024), £135. ISBN 978–1–03–258529–1. | :
Exhibition Review
Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 743–5
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Reviewer:
Croft, Catherine (Croft, Catherine)
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artists:
Fry, Maxwell / Drew, Jane / Corbusier, Le / Jeanneret, Michel
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Ghana / India
subjects:
Architecture / Modernism
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Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence 2nd March–22nd September Victoria and Albert Museum, London | :
Illustrations
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21. Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry with a model of one of their buildings for the Gold Coast (now Cape Coast) Education Department, Ghana, in 1945. (RIBA Collections, London).
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22. The model for the High Court, Capitol Complex, Sector 1, Chandigarh, by Pierre Jeanneret. c.1951–65. Photograph. (Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal)
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23. Detail of the pre-cast concrete screening on the veranda of the library, University College, Ibadan, designed by Fry Drew and Partners. 1955. (RIBA Collections, London).
Exhibition Review
Ruth Asawa Through Line
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 738–40
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Reviewer:
Harren, Natilee (Harren, Natilee)
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artists:
Asawa, Ruth
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Menil Drawing Institute, Houston, United States
subjects:
American art / Drawings / Modernism
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Ruth Asawa Through Line Menil Drawing Institute, Houston 22nd March–21st July | :
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15. Untitled (MI.153, seven Thonet-style bentwood chairs), by Ruth Asawa. c.1950s. Felt-tip pen on paper, 106.7 by 152.4 cm. (© Ruth Asawa Lanier and Artists Rights Society, New York; Glenstone Museum, Potomac; courtesy David Zwirner; photograph Stephen Arnold; exh. Menil Drawing Institute, Houston).
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16. Untitled (SF.045a, potato print – branches, magenta/orange), by Ruth Asawa. c.1951–52. Stamped ink on Japanese paper, 36.2 by 26 cm. (© Ruth Asawa Lanier and Artists Rights Society, New York; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; courtesy David Zwirner; photograph Jorge Bachmann; exh. Menil Drawing Institute, Houston).
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17. Adam’s ranunculus (PF.1107, bouquet from Adam Lanier with snail), by Ruth Asawa. 1999. Ink on Japanese paper, 61 by 42.9 cm. (Private collection; exh. Menil Drawing Institute, Houston).
Book Review
Totality: Abstraction and Meaning in the Art of Barnett Newman
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 659–661
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Reviewer:
Fried, Michael (Fried, Michael)
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artists:
Newman, Barnett
subjects:
American art / Modernism
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Totality: Abstraction and Meaning in the Art of Barnett Newman By Michael Schreyach. 296 pp. incl. 43 col. + 22 b. & w. ills. (University of California Press, Oakland, 2023), £34. ISBN 978–0–520–37951–0 | :
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9. Onement 1, by Barnett Newman. 1948. Oil on canvas and masking tape, 69.2 by 41.3 cm. (© The Barnett Newman Foundation, New York and DACS, London 2024; Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Villa Flora, Winterthur
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 645–647
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zelger, franz (zelger, franz; Zelger, Franz)
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buildings:
Villa Flora, Wintherthur, Switzerland
museums and institutions:
Hahnloser/Jaeggli Foundation, Winterthur, Switzerland
museums and institutions:
Kunst Museum, Winterthur, Switzerland
subjects:
Collections / French art / Modernism
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Villa Flora, Winterthur From 23rd March | :
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27. La blanche et la noire, by Félix Vallotton. 1913. Oil on canvas, 114 by 147 cm. (Kunst Museum Winterthur, Villa Flora).
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28. Installation view of Bienvenue! Masterpieces by Cézanne, van Gogh and Manet back in Winterthur at the Villa Flora, Winterthur, 2024. (Courtesy Kunst Museum Winterthur, Villa Flora).
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29. Le bateau rouge, by Odilon Redon. c.1910. Oil on canvas, 54 by 73 cm. (Kunst Museum Winterthur, Villa Flora).
Exhibition Review
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 87–91
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Reviewer:
Pergam, Elizabeth (Pergam, Elizabeth)
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dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, United States / Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, United States
subjects:
Art museums / Architecture / Collections / Collections, Public / Modernism / Modern Art / Contemporary art / French art / American art / Abstract Expressionism / Pop art
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subjects:
Buffalo AKG Art Museum From June 2023 | :
Illustrations
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29. Buffalo AKG Art Museum: from left to right, the Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building, the Albright Bridge and the Robert and Elizabeth Wilmers Building. (Photograph Marco Cappelletti).
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30. The Ralph Wilson Town Square at Buffalo AKG Art Museum, showing Common Sky, by Studio Other Spaces (Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann). 2022. (Photograph Marco Cappelletti).
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31. A gallery in the Robert and Elizabeth Wilmers Building at Buffalo AKG Art Museum with, in the foreground, two sculptures by Auguste Rodin, Eve (After the Fall) (1881), and The Age of Bronze (1875–76, cast 1911). (Photograph Marco Cappelletti).
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32. Installation view of Clyfford Still: A Legacy for Buffalo in the Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building, Buffalo AKG Museum of Art, 2023. (Photograph Marco Cappelletti).
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33. A gallery in the Robert and Elizabeth Wilmers Building at the Buffalo AKG Museum of Art, showing, from left to right, Lovers, by Rosalyn Drexler (1963); Tom Thumb, by Marisol (1997); 100 cans, by Andy Warhol (1962); and Head – Red and Yellow, by Roy Lichtenstein (1962). (Photograph Marco Cappelletti).
Exhibition Review
Grete Ring. Dealing in Modernism: From Cézanne and Renoir to Liebermann and Kokoschka
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1359–1361
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Reviewer:
Soika, Aya (Soika, Aya)
Subjects
art literature:
The Burlington Magazine
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Liebermann Villa, Wannsee, Germany
places:
Berlin / London
subjects:
Ring, Grete / Art historians / Art dealers / Modernism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Grete Ring. Dealing in Modernism: From Cézanne and Renoir to Liebermann and Kokoschka Liebermann Villa am Wannsee, Berlin 30th September 2023– 22nd January 2024 | :
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28. Grete Ring with her poodle in British exile, c.1942. (Private collection; exh. Liebermann Villa am Wannsee, Berlin).
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29. Childhood portrait of Grete Ring, by Dora Hitz. c.1895. Oil on canvas, 103 by 113.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Liebermann Villa am Wannsee, Berlin).
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30. Sower, by Leonhard Wacker (?), c.1928. Oil on canvas, 58.5 by 75 cm. (Private collection; exh. Liebermann Villa am Wannsee, Berlin).
Exhibition Review
Futurism and Europe: The Aesthetics of a New World
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 906–908
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Reviewer:
Kwartler, Talia (Kwartler, Talia)
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dates:
2020-2030
media:
Paintings / Photographs / Design
museums and institutions:
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
subjects:
Futurism / Avant-garde / Modernism / De Stijl / Constructivist / Bauhaus
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Futurism and Europe: The Aesthetics of a New World Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 29th April–3rd September | :
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19. The new city. Detail, by Antonio Sant’Elia. 1914. Pencil and ink on paper, 52.5 by 51.5 cm. (Pinacoteca Civica, Como; exh. Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo).
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20. Unique forms of continuity in space, by Umberto Boccioni. 1913, cast in 1972. Bronze, 117 by 30.5 by 87.5 cm. (Kröller- Müller Museum, Otterlo).
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21. Installation view of Futurism and Europe: The Aesthetics of a New World at the Kröller- Müller Museum, Otterlo, 2023. (photograph Studio Goedewaagen Fotografie).
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