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Editorial
A Frick renaissance
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 203–4
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Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Frick, Henry Clay
museums and institutions:
Frick Collection, New York, United States
subjects:
Remodelling (buildings) / Historic buildings / Art museums / American architecture (United States of America) / Collections / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Frick Collection from East 70th Street, New York. (Image courtesy Seldorf Architects).
Attributed works:
2. The Frick Collection’s grand staircase, prior to renovation. (Photograph MichaelBodycomb).
Attributed works:
3. The Frick Collection’s new entrance hall. (Image courtesy Seldorf Architects).
Attributed works:
4. Mistress and maid, by Johannes Vermeer. 1666–67. Oil on canvas, 90.2 by 78.7 cm. (Frick Collection, New York).
Attributed works:
5. Portrait of Mr Frick in West Gallery, by Gerald Kelly. 1925. Oil on canvas, 122 by 102 cm. (The Frick Pittsburgh).
Attributed works:
6. The Frick Collection’s new objects conservation studio. (Image courtesy Seldorf Architects).
Editorial
Cataloguing
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 79
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Subjects
subjects:
Catalogues / Catalogues raisonnés / Collections, Public / scholars / Curators / Art museums / Museums
Book Review
Peintures germaniques des collections françaises (1370–1550)
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1264–7
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Reviewer:
Viehweger, Lea (Viehweger, Lea)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues / Exhibition catalogues
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Besançon, France / Musée des Beaux Arts de Dijon, Dijon, France / Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France
places:
France
subjects:
German art / Art museums / Holy Roman Empire
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Peintures germaniques des collections françaises (1370–1550) Edited by Isabelle Dubois-Brinkmann and Aude Briau. 416 pp. incl. 200 ills. (Éditions Faton, Paris, and Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Dijon, 2024), €39. ISBN 978–2–87844–348–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl, Konrad Witz. c.1435. Mixed media on panel, 108 by 83 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
1. Tree of Jesse. Upper Rhenish, Basel(?), c.1490– 1500. Mixed media on panel, 213.4 by 229.5 cm. (Saint-George, Marckolsheim)
Western art unattributed:
3. St Catherine. Switzerland, c.1460. Oil on panel, 60 by 66 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Exhibition Review
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1077–9
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Reviewer:
Hillyard, Helen (Hillyard, Helen)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Great Britain
subjects:
Art museums / Regional Museums / University museums
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham From 22nd June | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. Abd-al Wāhid bin Mas’ūd bin Muhammed bin ‘Anūrī, Moroccan Ambassador to Elizabeth I. 1600. Oil on panel, 113 by 87.6 cm. (Research and Cultural Collections, University of Birmingham; exh. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham).
Attributed works:
26. Deposition, by the circle of Rogier van der Weyden. c.1450. Oil on panel, centre panel 53.3 by 42.8 cm.; wings 52.5 by 16.7 cm. (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham).
Attributed works:
27. Protection, by Claudette Johnson. 2024. Oil, oil pastel and soft pastel in gesso on primed watercolour paper, 154 by 122 cm. (© Claudette Johnson; courtesy the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London; exh. Barber Institute of Arts, Birmingham).
Exhibition Review
Medieval and Baroque gallery Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 946-9
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Reviewer:
Opacic, Zoë (Opacic, Zoë)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Slovenská Národná Galéria, Bratislava, Slovakia
places:
Bratislava
subjects:
Museums / Architecture / Art museums / Medieval art / Baroque / Slovak / Religious art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Medieval and Baroque gallery Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava From 23rd June 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bridging, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, designed by Vladímir Dedeček. 1969–77.
Attributed works:
2. Installation view of the Sacred Art gallery at the Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, 2023. (Courtesy Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava).
Attributed works:
3. Nativity of Christ, attributed to Hans Kamensetzer. 1485–87. Wood, 206 by 118 by 57.5 cm. (Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava).
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4. Installation view of the Sacred Art gallery at the Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, 2023, showing Iconoclasm/ Disconnected Relations, by Ján Zelinka. 2010. Concrete, 150 by 120 by 220 cm.
Exhibition Review
Kunstsilo, Kristiansand
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 745–7
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Reviewer:
Saumarez Smith, Charles (Saumarez Smith, Charles; Smith, Charles Saumarez)
Subjects
artists:
Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, Barcelona, Spain
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, Norway
patrons:
Tangen, Nicolai / AKO Foundation
subjects:
Art museums / Architecture / Scandinavian School / Norwegian School
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Kunstsilo, Kristiansand From 11th May | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. Atrium of the Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, designed by Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, Mendoza Partida and BAX studios. 2017–24.
Attributed works:
26. Installation view of Passions of the North at Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, 2024. (Courtesy Kunstsilo, Kristiansand; photograph Tor Simen Ulstein).
Exhibition Review
Centro de Arte Hortensia Herrero, Valencia
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 418–419
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Reviewer:
Saumarez Smith, Charles (Saumarez Smith, Charles; Smith, Charles Saumarez)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Centro de Arte Hortensia Herrero, Valencia, Spain
subjects:
Art museums / Contemporary art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Centro de Arte Hortensia Herrero, Valencia From November 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
29. Façade of the Palacio de Valeriola, Valencia. 18th century. (Photograph Pedro Pegenaute).
Attributed works:
30. Installation view of Centro de Arte Hortensia Herrero, Valencia, 2023, showing Corona Australis 38.89, by Tomás Saraceno. 2023. Stainless steel, fishing line and iridescent plexiglass.
Attributed works:
31. Installation view of Centro de Arte Hortensia Herrero, Valencia, 2023, showing Landline heat, by Sean Scully. 2023. Stained glass.
Exhibition Review
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 414–418
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Reviewer:
Wine, Humphrey (Wine, Humphrey)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
subjects:
Finnish School / Art museums / Displays / Collections, Public
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki From 14th April 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Wounded angel, by Hugo Simberg. 1903. Oil on canvas, 127 by 154 cm. (Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki).
Attributed works:
27. Installation view of A Question of Time at the Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, 2023, showing the Aino myth triptych. 1891. Oil on canvas, 200 by 413 cm. (Courtesy Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki; photograph Aleks Talve).
Attributed works:
28. Giving birth and dying still, by Toni R. Toivonen. 2016. Original substances of a dead animal and brass, 200 by 300 by 4 cm. (Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki).
Exhibition Review
Northern Renaissance gallery Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 395–398
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Reviewer:
Boivin, Katherine (Boivin, Katherine)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Northern Renaissance / Displays / Art museums / Kunstkammer / Sculpture / Decorative arts / Stained glass / Automata
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Northern Renaissance gallery Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From 3rd October 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Orpheus cup, by Hans Georg Bramer, Johann Wilhelm Baur, Jan Vermeyen and others. 1641– 42. Gold, enamel and ruby, 18.1 by 13 by 8.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
6. Installation view of the Northern Renaissance gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 2023. (photograph Anna-Marie Kellen).
Western art unattributed:
7. Kneeling Black woman. Early 17th century. Brazilian rosewood, lapis lazuli, marble and gilded metal, height 11.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
European Paintings 1300–1800 galleries Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 392–395
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Reviewer:
Pergam, Elizabeth (Pergam, Elizabeth)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Collections, Public / European / Paintings / Displays / Art museums
Reviewed Items
subjects:
European Paintings 1300–1800 galleries Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From 20th November 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Esther before Ahasuerus, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1620s. Oil on canvas, 273.7 by 208.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
2. Installation view of gallery 600 of European Paintings: 1300–1800 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 2023.
Attributed works:
4. Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal, by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo. c.1665–72. Oil on canvas, 119.4 by 200.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Western art unattributed:
3. Installation view of gallery 626 of European Paintings 1300–1800 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2023, showing Our Lady of Valvanera. Cuzco, c.1770–80. Oil and gold on canvas, 243.5 by 203.4 cm.
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