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Exhibition Review
Sargent and Fashion
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 637–639
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Reviewer:
McKever, Rosalind (McKever, Rosalind)
Subjects
artists:
Sargent, John Singer
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States
subjects:
British art / American art / Portraits / Fashion
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sargent and Fashion. Edited by Erica E. Hirschler, with Caroline Corbeau-Parsons, James Finch and Pamela A. Parmal. 248 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Tate Publishing, 2024), £32. ISBN 978–1–84976–859–7. | :
subjects:
Sargent and Fashion Tate Britain, London 22nd February–7th July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess d’Abernon, by John Singer Sargent. 1904. Oil on canvas, 158.8 by 108 cm. (Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham AL; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
19. Dr Pozzi at Home, by John Singer Sargent. 1881. Oil on canvas, 201.6 by 102.2 cm. (Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
20. Madame X, by John Singer Sargent. 1883–84. Oil on canvas, 208.6 by 109.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Exhibition Review
Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–90
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 303–305
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Reviewer:
Grant, Catherine (Grant, Catherine)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Women artists / Women / Politics / Feminism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–90 Tate Britain, London 8th November 2023–7th April 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Installation view of Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–90 at Tate Britain, 2023–24, showing postal art exhibited in Feministo: Portrait of the Artist as a Housewife. (Courtesy Tate; photograph Madeline Buddo).
Attributed works:
11. Banana woman, by Margaret Harrison. 1971. Watercolour, coloured graphite and graphite on paper, 51.8 by 63.7 cm. (© Margaret Harrison; Tate; exh. Tate Britain, London).
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12. The affair, by Bhajan Hunjan. 1987–88. Acrylic on canvas, 122 by 91.5 cm. (© Bhajan Hunjan; Tate; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Editorial
At Tate Britain
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 695
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Subjects
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Art museums / Art galleries / Art theory / Displays / Curators / Art history / Cultural history / History / Museology
Exhibition Review
The Rossettis
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 787–789
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Reviewer:
Treuherz, Julian (Treuherz, Julian)
Subjects
artists:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel / Rossetti, Christina / Rossetti, William Michael
artists:
Siddal, Elizabeth / Morris, Jane, 1839-1914
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain / Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, United States
subjects:
Victorian art / Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Rossettis Tate Britain, London 6th April–24th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Title page to Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, illustrated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 1865. (Tate; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
12. Installation view of The Rossettis at Tate Britain, London, 2023. (Photograph Isidora Bojovic).
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13. St Agnes’ eve, by Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal. 1853–60. (National Trust, Wightwick Manor; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Exhibition Review
Cornelia Parker
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 929-931
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Reviewer:
Lloyd, Kathryn (Lloyd, Kathryn)
Subjects
artists:
Parker, Cornelia
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Installations (visual works) / Videos
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Cornelia Parker Tate Britain, London 19th May–16th October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
(Jerusalem), by Cornelia Parker. 2012. Chromogenic print, 50 by 35 cm. (Private collection; courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London; photograph Steve White; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
29. Cold dark matter: an exploded view, by Cornelia Parker. 1991. Wood, metal, plastic, ceramic, paper, textile and wire, 400 by 500 by 500 cm. (Tate; exh. Tate Britain, London; photograph Oli Cowling).
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31. Embryo firearms, by Cornelia Parker. 1995. Two colt 45 guns in the earliest stage of production, each 19 by 13 by 2.4 cm. (Private collection; courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Exhibition Review
Walter Sickert
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 288-292
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Reviewer:
James, Merlin (James, Merlin; James, Merlin Ingli; Ingli James, Merlin; J., M.)
Subjects
artists:
Sickert, Walter
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Figurative art / Portraits / Self-portraits / Theatres / Music / Cities / Architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Walter Sickert Tate Britain, London 28th April–18th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bonnet et claque. Ada Lundberg at the Marylebone Music Hall, by Walter Sickert. c.1887. Oil on canvas, 41.9 by 59.7 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Britain, London).
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2. Self-portrait, by Walter Sickert. c.1896. Oil on canvas, 45.7 by 35.6 cm. (Leeds Museums and Galleries; exh. Tate Britain, London; Bridgeman Images).
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3. The Prussians in Belgium, by Walter Sickert. c.1912. Oil on canvas, 50.5 by 40.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Britain, London).
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4. Self-portrait in grisaille, by Walter Sickert. 1935. Oil on canvas, 68.5 by 25.4 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Exhibition Review
Hogarth and Europe
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 198-201
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Reviewer:
Stemp, Richard (Stemp, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Hogarth, William
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Europeans / Colonialism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Hogarth and Europe Tate Britain, London 3rd November 2021– 20th March 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. Captain Lord George Graham, 1715–47, in his cabin, by William Hogarth. 1742–44. Oil on canvas, 68.5 by 88.9 cm. (National Maritime Museum, London; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
18. The times of day: morning, by William Hogarth. 1738. Etching and engraving on paper, 48.7 by 39.2 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Britain, London).
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19. A game of quadrille, by Hubert François Gravelot. c.1740. Oil on canvas, 63.5 by 76.2 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Exhibition Review
Paula Rego
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 856-858
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Reviewer:
Hedley, Gill (Hedley, Gill)
Subjects
artists:
Rego, Paula
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Portuguese painting / Twentieth-century art / Women artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Paula Rego Tate Britain, London 7th July–24th October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. The cadet and his sister, by Paula Rego. 1988. Acrylic on paper on canvas, 214.3 by 152 cm. (Private collection; © Paula Rego; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
22. Interrogation, by Paula Rego. 1950. Oil on canvas, 50.5 by 61 cm. (Private collection; © Paula Rego; exh. Tate Britain, London).
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23. The artist in her studio, by Paula Rego. 1993. Acrylic on canvas, 180 by 130 cm. (Leeds Art Gallery; © Paula Rego; exh. Tate Britain, London; Bridgeman Images).
Editorial
The purposes of art
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 491
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Subjects
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Turner Prize / Arts funding / Art education
subjects:
Artists' collectives
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
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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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