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Book Review
Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 510–13
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Reviewer:
Caws, Mary Ann (Caws, Mary Ann)
Subjects
artists:
Delaunay, Sonia / Duchamp, Marcel / Jellett, Mainie
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
styles:
Orphist
Reviewed Items
styles:
Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930 Edited by Vivien Greene. 216 pp. incl. 138 col. + b. & w. ills. (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2024), $65. ISBN 978–0–89207–564–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Four part synchromy, number 7, by Morgan Russell. 1914–15. Oil on paperboard and canvas mounted on plywood, 4 parts, overall dimensions 40.6 by 30.5 cm. (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Scala, Florence; Art Resource, New York).
Attributed works:
11. Disques de Newton (Étude pour ‘La fugue à 2 couleurs’), by František Kupka. 1912. Oil on canvas, 100.3 by 73.7 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art; Artists Rights Society, New York; ADAGP, Paris).
Attributed works:
9. Painting, by Mainie Jellett. 1938. Oil on canvas, 76 by 64.6 cm. (Ulster Museum, Belfast).
Exhibition Review
Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 320-323
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Reviewer:
Barratt, Martha (Barratt, Martha)
Subjects
artists:
Klint, Hilma af
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Drawings / Paintings / Watercolours
museums and institutions:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
subjects:
Swedish School / Theosophy / Spirituality / Symbols / Botanical drawings / Medicine / Abstract art / Nonrepresentational art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Group I, Primordial Chaos, No. 16, from The WU/ Rose Series, by Hilma af Klint. 1906–07. Canvas, 53 by 37 cm. (Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm; photograph Albin Dahlström, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York).
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2. Group IV, The Ten Largest, No. 7, Adulthood, by Hilma af Klint. 1907. Tempera on paper mounted on canvas, 315 by 235 cm. (Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm; photograph Albin Dahlström, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York).
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3. Group IX/SUW, The Swan, No. 17, from The SUW/ UW Series, by Hilma af Klint. 1915. Canvas, 150.5 by 151 cm. (Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm; photograph Albin Dahlström, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York).
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4. Group IX/SUW, The Swan, No. 1, from The SUW/ UW Series, by Hilma af Klint. 1915. Canvas, 150 by 150 cm. (Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm; photograph Albin Dahlström, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York).
Exhibition Review
Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World. Guggenheim Bilbao
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 793-795
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Reviewer:
Teo, Wenny (Teo, Wenny)
Subjects
art literature:
Foster, Hal
artists:
Gehry, Frank / Yongping, Huang / Xu, Bing / Sun, Yuan / Peng, Yu / Koons, Jeff / Wright, Frank Lloyd / Lin, Yilin / Chen, Shaoxiong / Xu, Tan / Yan, Lei / Hong, Hao / Zhen, Chen, b. 1955
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Installations (visual works) / Sculpture / Videos
museums and institutions:
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain / Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York / Spain / Bilbao / China
subjects:
Chinese sculpture / Capitalism / Globalism / Animals / Censorship / Politics
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. Precipitous parturition, by Chen Zhen. Rubber bicycle inner tubes, aluminium and plastic toy cars, metal, fragments of bicycles, silicone and paint, length c.20 m. (Pinault Collection, Venice).
Attributed works:
32. Installation view showing Theater of the world (1993; diameter 160 cm.) and The bridge (1995; length 12 m.), by Huang Yong Ping at Guggenheim Bilbao. 2018. (Courtesy the artist).
Article
The Modigliani Technical Research Study. Modigliani’s painted nudes 1916–17
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 319-324
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Author:
Burnstock, Aviva (Burnstock, Aviva)
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Duvernois, Isabelle (Duvernois, Isabelle)
Author:
Stringari, Lena (Stringari, Lena)
Subjects
art literature:
Survage, Léopold / Meidner, Ludwig
artists:
Modigliani, Amedeo
dates:
1910-1919
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Courtauld Gallery, London, Great Britain / Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
Italian painting / Portraits / Nudes / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Radiographs / Techniques / Sitters / Style / Pigments
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Female nude, by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1916. Canvas, 92 by 60 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of Fig.1, showing the black border and signature at the upper edge.
Attributed works:
2. Nude, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1917. Canvas, 73 by 116.7 cm. (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
3. X-radiograph of Fig.2.
Attributed works:
4. Reclining nude, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1917. Canvas, 60.6 by 92.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
5. Reclining nude on a white cushion, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1917. Canvas, 60.6 by 92.7 cm. (Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart).
Attributed works:
6. Sitting nude, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1917. Canvas, 60 by 92 cm. (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen).
Attributed works:
7. X-radiograph of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.2, photograph of the right breast taken in raking light.
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.1.
Exhibition Review
Salon de la Rose+Croix. New York and Venice
02/2018 | 1379 | 160
Pages: 149-150
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Reviewer:
Sloan, Rachel (Sloan, Rachel)
Subjects
art literature:
Péladan, Joséphin
artists:
Aman-Jean, Edmond François / Martin, Henri Jean Guillaume, 1860-1936 / Delville, Jean / Point, Armand / Maurin, Charles / Osbert, Alphonse / Vallotton, Félix Edouard
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy / Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York / Italy / Venice
subjects:
Salons (art exhibitions) / Symbolist movement / Music / Mysticism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Vision, by Alphonse Osbert. 1892. Canvas, 235 by 138 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; exh. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice).
Attributed works:
12. The dawn of Labour, by Charles Maurin. c.1891. Canvas, 79 by 148 cm. (Musée d’art modern et contemporain, Saint-Étienne Métropole; exh. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice).
Publication Received
Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art. By Nancy Princenthal & Agnes Martin and Me. By Donald Woodman.
11/2016 | 1364 | 158
Pages: 912
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Reviewer:
Rowe, Oliver (Rowe, Oliver)
Subjects
artists:
Martin, Agnes
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain / Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States / Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
subjects:
American painting (United States of America) / Abstract Expressionism / Exhibitions
subjects:
Biographies
Exhibition Review
Doris Salcedo
11/2015 | 1352 | 157
Pages: 809-810
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Subjects
artists:
Salcedo, Doris
museums and institutions:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States / Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, United States / Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, United States
places:
United States / New York / Chicago
places:
Miami
places:
2010-2019
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
96. Detail of Atrabiliarios, by Doris Salcedo. 1992-2004 (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York)
Attributed works:
97. Plegaria Muda, by Doris Salcedo. 2008-10. Installation view, Centro de Arte Moderna-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2001 (Inhotim Collection, Brazil; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York)
Attributed works:
98. Untitled, by Doris Salcedo. 1998 (Collection of Lisa and John Miller, fractional and promised gift to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York)
Exhibition Review
On Kawara
06/2015 | 1347 | 157
Pages: 439-440
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Reviewer:
Rider, Alistair (Rider, Alistair)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
67. JUN 10 1975 from I got up, by On Kawara (Keiji and Sawako Usami collection; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York)
Attributed works:
68. I read, by On Kawara (Courtesy of the artist's estate; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York)
Attributed works:
69. DEC. 29, 1977, "Thursday", New York from Today, by On Kawara (Private collection; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York)
Exhibition Review
Italian Futurism
06/2014 | 1335 | 156
Pages: 415-417
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Reviewer:
Craft, Catherine (Craft, Catherine)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
dates:
1900-1949
museums and institutions:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Italian painting / Futurism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
91. Little black and white devils, dance of devils (Diavoletti neri e bianchi, Danza di diavoli), by Fortunato Depero (Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York)
Attributed works:
92. Abstract speed + sound (Velicità astratta + rumore), by Giacomo Balla (Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York)
Attributed works:
93. Large crowd in the Piazza del Popolo (Grande folla in Piazza del Popolo), by Francesco Cangiullo (Private collection; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York)
Exhibition Review
Gutai: Splendid Playground. New York
06/2013 | 1323 | 155
Pages: 434-435
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Reviewer:
Maidment, Isabella (Maidment, Isabella)
Subjects
artists:
Gutai Art Association
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Artists' groups and associations
Illustrations
Attributed works:
93. Installation view of Gutai: Splendid Playground at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2003, showing Work (water), by Montonaga Sadamasa
Attributed works:
94. Passing through, by Saburo Murakami. 1956. Performance view of the 2nd Gutai Art Exhibition, Ohara Kaikan, Tokyo, 11th to 17th October 1956. (Courtesy of the Museum of Osaka University; exh. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York)
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