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Book Review
Fairweather and China
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 348-349
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Reviewer:
Riddler, Eric (Riddler, Eric)
Subjects
artists:
Fairweather, Ian
places:
China / Australia / Brisbane
subjects:
Australian painting / Australian art / Translations
Reviewed Items
subjects:
7. Chi-tien stands on head, by Ian Fairweather. 1964. Synthetic polymer paint and gouache on cardboard on composition board, 64.8 by 99.1 cm. (TarraWarra Museum of Art, Melbourne). | :
Exhibition Review
Len Lye: Motion Composer
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 366-368
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Reviewer:
Richardson, Michael (Richardson, Michael)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues / Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Lye, Len
museums and institutions:
Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland
places:
New Zealand / Australia / London / New York
Reviewed Items
places:
Len Lye: Motion Composer Edited by Andres Pardey. 3 vols, 468 pp. incl. 967 col. + b. & w. ills (Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg and Museum Tinguely, Basel, 2019), €58. ISBN 978–3–86828–961–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Len Lye with Fountain. Unknown photographer, 1959. (Len Lye Foundation Archive, New Plymouth).
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19. Totem and Taboo Sketchbook, by Len Lye. 1922–26. 23 by 18.1 cm. (Courtesy Len Lye Foundation, New Plymouth; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth).
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20. Still from Tusalava, by Len Lye. c.1929. 16 mm. blackand- white film, duration 10 minutes. (Courtesy Len Lye Foundation, New Plymouth; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth).
Book Review
Picturing the Pacific: Joseph Banks and the Shipboard Artists of Cook and Flinders
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 549
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
patrons:
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
places:
Australia / Tahiti / New Zealand
subjects:
Explorers / Colonialism / Botanical drawings / Landscapes (visual works) / Animals / Cook, James, Captain, 1728-1779
subjects:
Flinders, Matthew
Book Review
British Art for Australia, 1860–1953: The Acquisition of Artworks from the United Kingdom by Australian National Galleries. By Matthew C. Potter
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 886-887
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Reviewer:
Osborne, Margot (Osborne, Margot)
Subjects
dates:
1860-1929 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1959
places:
Australia
subjects:
Collections, Public / British art / Collecting / Cultural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
British Art for Australia, 1860–1953: The Acquisition of Artworks from the United Kingdom by Australian National Galleries By Matthew C. Potter. 262 pp. incl. 12 col. + 38 b. & w. ills. (Routledge, London and New York, 2019), £115. ISBN 978–1–4724–2636–9. | :
Publication Received
The Legacies of Bernard Smith: Essays on Australian Art, History and Cultural Politics. Edited by Jaynie Anderson, Christopher R. Marshall and Andrew Yip
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 986-987
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Reviewer:
Thomas, Sarah (Thomas, Sarah)
Subjects
art literature:
Smith, Bernard
dates:
1900-1999
media:
Paintings / Prints / Drawings
places:
Australia
subjects:
Art historians / Art critics / Collectors / Politics / Cultural history / Anthropology / Primitivism (Cultural anthropology related concept) / Social history / Globalism / Art theory / Visual culture / Science
Exhibition Review
Degas. Melbourne and Houston
03/2017 | 1368 | 159
Pages: 245-247
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Reviewer:
Brettell, Richard R. (Brettell, Richard R.; Brettell, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Degas, Edgar
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States / National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
places:
United States / Melbourne / Houston / Australia
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
76. Degas's father listening to Lorenzo Pagans playing the guitar, by Edgar Degas. c.1869-72 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
Attributed works:
77. Dancer with bouquets, by Edgar Degas. 1890-95 (Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk VA; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
Exhibition Review
Robert Mapplethorpe. Los Angeles, Montreal and Sydney
08/2016 | 1361 | 158
Pages: 678-680
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Reviewer:
Silberman, Robert (Silberman, Robert; Silberman, Robert B.)
Subjects
artists:
Mapplethorpe, Robert
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States / J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States / Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada / Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
places:
United States / Sydney / Montreal / Los Angeles / Canada / Australia
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
82. Joe, NYC, by Robert Mapplethorpe. 1978 (J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
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83. Poppy, by Robert Mapplethorpe. 1988 (J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Attributed works:
84. Ken Moody and Robert Sherman, by Robert Mapplethorpe. 1984 (J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
Attributed works:
85. Self-portrait, by Robert Mapplethorpe. 1988 (J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
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Visible and invisible: Jacques Stella in Melbourne
04/2016 | 1357 | 158
Pages: 245-250
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Author:
Anderson, Jaynie (Anderson, Jaynie)
Subjects
artists:
Stella, Jacques
buildings:
Saint Patrick's Cathedral , Melbourne, Australia
dates:
1640-1649
places:
Melbourne / Australia
subjects:
Collectors / Commissions / French painting / Jesus Christ: Life / Altarpieces / Cathedrals / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait bust of Archbishop James Alpius Goold, by Achille Simonetti. 1859 (Melbourne Archdiocese Collection)
Attributed works:
2. Jesus in the Temple found by his parents, by Jacques Stella. 1642 (Baptistery of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, Melbourne Archdiocese Collection)
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3. Back of Fig.2, showing an inscription on the canvas
Attributed works:
4. Back of Fig.2, showing the stamp of the Dogana di Roma on the middle section of the mount
Attributed works:
5. Back of Fig.2, showing an inscription on the mount of the frame
Attributed works:
6. Jesus in the Temple found by his parents, by Jacques Stella. c.1641 (Church of Notre-Dame-du Grand Andelys, Andelys, Inventaire Région Haute-Normandie)
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7. Miracle of St Francis Xavier resurrecting a young woman from Cangoxima in Japan, by Nicolas Poussin. 1641 (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
8. The Virgin offering her protection to the Jesuits, by Michel Dorigny after Simon Vouet. 1642 (British Museum, London)
Exhibition Review
Julia Margaret Cameron
02/2016 | 1355 | 158
Pages: 141-142
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Reviewer:
Ford, Colin (Ford, Colin)
Subjects
artists:
Cameron, Julia Margaret
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Media Space, Science Museum, London, Great Britain / Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia / Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium / Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia / Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, Spain / Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
places:
Tokyo / Sydney / Spain / Russia / Moscow / Madrid / London / Japan / Ghent / England / Belgium / Australia
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
70. Henry Cole, by Julia Margaret Cameron. 1868 (Royal Society of Arts, London; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Attributed works:
71. Whisper of the muse, by Julia Margaret Cameron. April 1865 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Attributed works:
72. Julia Jackson, by Julia Margaret Cameron. 1867 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Exhibition Review
Australia
12/2013 | 1329 | 155
Pages: 844-855
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Reviewer:
Vaizey, Marina (Vaizey, Marina)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Australian painting / Australia
subjects:
Australian Aboriginal
Illustrations
Attributed works:
41. Approach to Mundi Mundi, by Shaun Gladwell. Production still from a two-channel HD video (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Attributed works:
42. Ned Kelly, by Sidney Nolan (National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Attributed works:
43. Cyclone Tracy, by Rover Thomas (National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London)
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