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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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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
Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance. Modern 2, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 351-353
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Reviewer:
Thompson, Susannah (Thompson, Susannah)
Subjects
artists:
Rego, Paula
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Great Britain / Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, Great Britain / Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
subjects:
Feminism / Politics / Gender / Fantasy / Fascism / Figurative art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Manifesto (for a lost cause), by Paula Rego. 1965. Acrylic, crayon, graphite and paper glued on canvas, 183 by 152 cm. (Calouste Gulbenkian Museum - Modern Collection, Lisbon;   Paula Rego, courtesy of Marlborough, New York and London; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
27. Untitled no.4, by Paula Rego. 1998. Pastel on paper, 110 by 100 cm. (Private collection;   Paula Rego, courtesy of Marlborough, New York and London; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
28. Painting him out, by Paula Rego. 2011. Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 119.4 by 179.7 cm. (Private collection;   Paula Rego, courtesy of Marlborough, New York and London; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
The Decorated Word: Writing and Picturing in Islamic Calligraphy. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 860-863
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Reviewer:
Balbale, Abigail (Balbale, Abigail)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Koran / Manuscripts / Coins / Sculpture / Ceramics / Carpets / Paintings
styles:
Islamic art
subjects:
Calligraphy / Figurative art / Muslim / Writings / Religious art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Untitled, by Golnaz Fathi. 2013. Acrylic, pen and varnish on canvas. Two panels, 100 by 140 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
12. Bifolium from a Qur’an with a star-shaped prostration mark. Egypt or Syria, 13th century. Ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 50.8 by 67.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
13. Calligraphic galleon with the names of the Seven Sleepers, by ‘Abd al-Qadir Hisari. 1180 AH/ AD 1766–67. Ink and gold on paper, 48.3 by 43.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design. Edited by Jeremiah William McCarthy and Diana Thompson
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 696-698
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Reviewer:
Murphy, John P. (Murphy, John P.)
Subjects
dates:
1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Academy of Design, New York, United States
subjects:
American art / Figurative art / Self-portraits
Reviewed Items
subjects:
For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design Edited by Jeremiah William McCarthy and Diana Thompson. 304 pp. incl. 200 col. ills. (National Academy of Design and American Federation of Arts, New York, and Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019), | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Self-portrait, by Andrew Wyeth. 1945. Egg tempera on gessoed panel, 63.5 by 76.2 cm. (National Academy of Design, New York).
Exhibition Review
Patrick Heron. Turner Contemporary, Margate
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 950-952
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Reviewer:
Treves, Toby (Treves, Toby)
Subjects
artists:
Heron, Patrick
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Tate St Ives, Saint Ives, Great Britain / Turner Contemporary, Margate, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / St Ives / Margate
subjects:
British painting / French painting / Style / Abstract art / Figurative art / Tachiste / Landscapes (visual works) / Interior views / Formalism / Perception / Colour
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Installation view of Patrick Heron at Tate St Ives, 2018.
Attributed works:
2. Mainly ultramarine and venetian: November 1966, by Patrick Heron. 1966. Canvas, 182.9 by 213.4 cm. (Private collection; exh. Turner Contemporary, Margate).
Attributed works:
3. Sydney garden painting: December 1989: II, by Patrick Heron. 1989. Canvas, 152.4 by 213.4 cm. (Private collection; © Estate of Patrick Heron; exh. Turner Contemporary, Margate).
Exhibition Review
Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One. Tate Britain, London
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 788-790
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Reviewer:
Vaizey, Marina (Vaizey, Marina)
Subjects
artists:
Nevinson, C. R. W. / Picasso, Pablo / Moore, Henry Spencer, 1898-1986 / Beckmann, Max / Braque, Georges / Epstein, Jacob, 1880-1959 / Lehmbruck, Wilhelm / Ernst, Max / Barlach, Ernst / Nash, Paul / Orpen, William / Spencer, Stanley / Mare, André / Grosz, George / Tonks, Henry
artists:
Lenk, Franz / Jouve, Paul / Birkle, Albert / Branson, Clive
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Photographs / Videos / Documents / Pastels / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
World War (1914-1918) / World War (1939-1945) / Politics / War Artists / Collections, Public / Archives / Diaries / Correspondence / Soldiers / Nazism / Fascism / Class / Futurism / Abstract art / Figurative art / Neo-classicism / Military art and science / Destruction / Dada / Surrealism / Ruins / War memorials / British painting / French painting / German painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. The floating one, by Ernst Barlach. 1927, cast 1987. Bronze, 213 by 74 by 68 cm. (SchleswigHolsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
23. Grey day, by George Grosz. 1921. Canvas, 115 by 80 cm. (Nationalgalerie, Berlin; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
24. Wire, by Paul Nash. 1918–19. Watercolour, chalk and ink on paper, 48.6 by 63.5 cm. (Imperial War Museums, London; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Exhibition Review
Joan Miró: Sculptures 1928–1982. Centro Botín, Santander
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 786-788
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Reviewer:
Watkins, Nicholas (Watkins, Nicholas)
Subjects
artists:
Miró, Joan / Piano, Renzo / luis vidal + architects / Llorens Artigas, Josep / Gardy-Artigas, Joan
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Sculpture / Bronzes
museums and institutions:
Centro Botín, Santander, Spain
places:
Spain / Santander
subjects:
Spanish sculpture / Spanish architecture / Art museums / Neo-classicism / Fascism / Figurative art / Primitivism (Cultural anthropology related concept) / Cave paintings / Paleolithic / Casts (sculpture) / Patina / Polychromy
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. The Centro Botín, Santander, photographed from the Pareda Gardens, June 2017. (Photograph Belen de Beneto).
Attributed works:
20. Souvenir de la Tour Eiffel, by Joan Miró, cast by Fundicío Parellada, Barcelona. Bronze, 334 by 54 by 80 cm. (Private collection; exh. Centro Botín, Santander).
Attributed works:
21. Personnage et oiseau, by Joan Miró, cast by Fundicío Parellada, Barcelona. Bronze, 104 by 63 by 20 cm. (Private collection; exh. Centro Botín, Santander).
Exhibition Review
Chantal Joffe: Personal Feeling is the Main Thing. The Lowry, Manchester
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 692-694
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Reviewer:
Parton, John (Parton, John)
Subjects
artists:
Joffe, Chantal / Modersohn-Becker, Paula / Almond, Darren / Finch, Spencer / Gordon, Douglas, b. 1966 / Yayoi Kusama, b. 1929 / Periton, Simon / Rovner, Michael / Shawcross, Conrad, b. 1977 / Wright, Richard, b. 1960
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings
museums and institutions:
The Lowry, Salford, Great Britain / Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / Manchester / London
subjects:
American painting (United States of America) / Portraits / Self-portraits / Figurative art / Nudes / Gender / Public sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
36. Herb at sixteen, by Chantal Joffe. 2017. Canvas, 100 by 70 cm. (Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London; exh. The Lowry, Manchester).
Attributed works:
37. The squid and the whale II, by Chantal Joffe. 2017. Board, 214 by 152 cm. (Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London; exh. The Lowry, Manchester).
Attributed works:
38. Katherine (eight months), by Chantal Joffe. 2011. Canvas, 152.5 by 91.5 cm. (Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London; exh. The Lowry, Manchester).
Exhibition Review
Art Now: Lisa Brice. Tate Britain, London
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 690-692
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Reviewer:
Bracewell, Michael (Bracewell, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Brice, Lisa
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Gouaches
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Orientalism / Film (cinema) / Colonialism / Race / Eroticism / Figurative art / Iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
34. Untitled, by Lisa Brice. 2018. Ink on giclée print on photo paper, 41.2 by 22.4 cm. (Courtesy the artist; © Lisa Brice; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
35. Between this and that, by Lisa Brice. 2017. Synthetic tempera, gesso and ink on canvas, 198 by 244 cm. (Private collection; © Lisa Brice; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Exhibition Review
Emil Nolde: Colour is Life. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 684-686
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Reviewer:
Lloyd, Jill (J. L.) (Lloyd, Jill (J. L.); L., J.)
Subjects
artists:
Nolde, Emil
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Prints / Watercolours
museums and institutions:
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Great Britain / National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
museums and institutions:
Nolde Foundation Seebüll, Neukirchen, Germany
places:
Great Britain / Edinburgh / Ireland / Dublin
subjects:
German painting / Expressionism / Figurative art / Brücke / Portraits / Colour / Nazism / Politics / Entartete Kunst / Nationalism / Race / Primitivism (Cultural anthropology related concept) / Class / Ethnology / Anthropology / Iconography / Christian iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. Slowenians, by Emil Nolde. 1911. Canvas, 80 by 69.5 cm. (Nolde Foundation, Seebüll; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
26. Frisians, man and woman, by Emil Nolde. 1910. Canvas, 69.5 by 89.5 cm. (Nolde Foundation, Seebüll; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
27. Skater, by Emil Nolde. Watercolour on paper, 25.8 by 18 cm. (Nolde Foundation, Seebüll; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
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