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Exhibition Review
Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Making the Glasgow Style. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 681-684
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Reviewer:
Donnelly, Max (Donnelly, Max)
Subjects
artists:
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie / Thomson, Alexander / McNair, James Herbert / Macdonald, Frances / Macdonald, Margaret, 1865-1933 / Lutyens, Edwin Landseer / King, Jessie Marion / Logan, George / Walton, George
artists:
Newbery, Francis H. / Davidson, Peter Wylie / Morton, William Gibson / Wyse, Henry Taylor / Morris, Talwin / Salmon, James II / Gillespie, John Gaff
buildings:
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Great Britain
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Interiors / Furniture / Stained glass / Mosaics / Drawings / Posters / Watercolours / Textiles / Ceramics / Bookbindings / Videos / Photographs
museums and institutions:
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Great Britain / Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / Glasgow / Liverpool
subjects:
Scottish architecture / British architecture / Art Nouveau / Natural disasters / Destruction / Damage to works of art / Symbolist movement / Tables (support furniture) / Screens (furniture) / Cabinets (furniture) / Metalworking / Metalworkers / Celtic / Chairs
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Book binding for L’Evangile de L’Enfance de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ, by Jessie M. King. c.1900–01. Tooled vellum with gilding, 30.6 cm by 23.5 cm. (Glasgow Museums; exh. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).
Attributed works:
23. Stencil card for the decoration of the Hill House, Helensburgh, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and made by Guthrie & Wells. 1904. Card and paint, 54 cm by 41.5 cm. (Glasgow Museums; exh. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).
Attributed works:
24. Water sprite, designed by William Gibson Morton and probably made by William Stewart. 1895– 96. Leaded coloured glass, 72 cm by 64.2 cm. (Glasgow Museums; exh. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).
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Paul Durand-Ruel and James Duncan of Benmore
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 558-571
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Author:
WATSON, Andrew M. (WATSON, Andrew M.)
Subjects
art literature:
Chesneau, Ernest
artists:
Rousseau, Théodore / Delacroix, Eugène / Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille / Courbet, Gustave / Verboeckhoven, Eugène / Lecomte du Nouy, Jean / Millet, Jean-François, 1814-1875 / Henner, Jean-Jacques / Lefebvre, Jules Joseph / Lorrain, Claude / Renoir, Pierre-Auguste / Boudin, Eugène / Bouguereau, William-Adolphe / Degas, Edgar / Detti, Cesare Auguste / Steen, Jan / Cuyp, Aelbert / Masaccio / Bonheur, Rosa / Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest / Jettel, Eugen / Veyrassat, Jules-Jacques / Daubigny, Charles François
artists:
Billet, Pierre / Díaz, Narcisse Virgilio / Leys, Jan August Hendrik
collectors and dealers:
Durand-Ruel, Paul / Duncan, James / Petit, Francis / Arthur, Thomas Glen / Durand-Ruel, Charles / Morgan, J. Pierpont / Johnson, John G., 1841-1917 / Davis, Theodore M. / Altman, Benjamin
dates:
1850-1899 / 1870-1879 / 1880-1889
media:
Paintings / Documents
museums and institutions:
National Academy of Design, New York, United States
places:
France / Paris / United States / New York / Great Britain / London / Glasgow
private galleries:
Durand-Ruel Gallery, New York, United States / Society of French Artists [gallery], London, Great Britain / Messr. Dowdeswell (dealers), London, Great Britain / Boussod, Valadon & Co
subjects:
French painting / Collecting / Collections / Collections, Private / Collectors / Art dealers / Correspondence / Landscapes (visual works) / Inventories / Auctions / Art market / Romanticism / Impressionism / Barbizon (style) / Attributions / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Landscape with figures (‘La toilette’), by Camille Corot. 1859. Canvas, 150 by 89.5 cm. (Private collection, Paris).
Attributed works:
10. A eunuch’s dream, by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ. 1874. Panel, 39.3 by 65.4 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
11. The Death of Sardanapalus, by Eugène Delacroix. 1827. Canvas, 392 by 496 cm. (Musée du Louvre).
Attributed works:
12. The triumph of Ariadne, by Hans Makart. 1874. Canvas, 784 by 476 cm. (Upper Belvedere, Vienna).
Attributed works:
13. The Bay of Naples (morning), by Auguste Renoir. 1881. Canvas, 59.7 by 81.3 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
15. Diana surprised, by Jules Joseph Lefèbvre. 1879. Canvas, 279 by 371.5 cm. (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Argentina).
Attributed works:
4. Morning, by Théodore Rousseau. 1865. 200 by 136 cm. Whereabouts unknown. (From Catalogue de tableaux modernes composant la collection de M. Duncan de Londres, Hôtel Drouot, Paris 15th April 1889, no.29).
Attributed works:
5. Evening, by Théodore Rousseau. 1865. 200 by 136 cm. Whereabouts unknown. (From Catalogue de tableaux modernes composant la collection de M. Duncan de Londres, Hôtel Drouot, Paris 15th April 1889, no.30).
Attributed works:
6. Interior of a Dominican convent in Madrid, by Eugène Delacroix. 1831. Canvas, 130.2 by 161.9 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
7. The sheepshearers, by Jean François Millet. c.1857–61. Canvas, 41.2 by 28.5 cm. (The Art Institute of Chicago).
Attributed works:
8. Crossing the ford, evening by Camille Corot. c. 1868.Canvas. 99 by 135 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes).
Attributed works:
9. The wood-gatherers, by Pierre Billet. 1874. Canvas, 113 x 148 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
Fig.14. Night, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. 1883. Canvas, 208.3 by 107.3 cm. (Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Washington).
Western art unattributed:
2. The Duncan family, showing James Duncan far right. c.1870–75. Photograph, 14.5 by 17.2 cm. (Private collection).
Western art unattributed:
3. Benmore House. Argyllshire. Duncan’s picture gallery is on the right. c.1889–90. Photograph, 13.3 by 20.6 cm (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Glasgow International. Various locations
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 599-601
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Reviewer:
Thompson, Susannah (Thompson, Susannah)
Subjects
art literature:
Obrist, Hans-Ulrich
artists:
Himid, Lubaina / Jane, E. / Pandhal, Hardeep / Eatough, Graham / Sutcliffe, Stephen / Peter, Mick / Leckey, Mark / Kiwanga, Kapwani / Shani, Tai / Nicoll, Janie / Rutherford, Ailie / Ottinger, Ulrike / Ferrer, Esther / Linder / Fields, Duggie / Fields, Duggie
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Videos / Mixed media / Installations (visual works) / Performance art / Ceramics / Art objects
museums and institutions:
Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Great Britain / The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Great Britain / Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Great Britain / Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Great Britain / Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Great Britain / Tramway, Glasgow, Great Britain / Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Great Britain / Trongate 103, Glasgow, Great Britain / Platform, Glasgow, Great Britain / Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow, Great Britain / Many Studios, Glasgow, Great Britain / Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / Glasgow
subjects:
Glasgow International / Conceptual art / Gender / Race / Class / Politics / Feminism / Theatre design / Literature in art
subjects:
Science fiction / Cultural tourism / Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. Installation view of Duggie Fields at The Modern Institute, Osborne Street, Glasgow (photograph Patrick Jameson).
Attributed works:
32. Performance photograph of Dark continent: SEMIRAMIS, by Tai Shani. Tramway, Glasgow (photograph Keith Hunter).
Attributed works:
33. Installation view of The regenerators, by Mick Peter at Dalmarnock Gas Purifier Shed, Glasgow (photograph Keith Hunter).
Exhibition Review
Simon Starling
11/2016 | 1364 | 158
Pages: 918-919
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Reviewer:
Paterson, Dominic (Paterson, Dominic)
Subjects
artists:
Eatough, Graham / Atelier Hinode, Tokyo, Japan / Sakurai, Kumi
artists:
Starling, Simon / Miichi, Yasuo
buildings:
Holmwood, Glasgow, Great Britain
dates:
2010-2019
places:
United States / Scotland / New York / Glasgow
private galleries:
Japan Society Gallery, New York, United States
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
58. At Twilight / Mask of Ezra Pound (After Henry Gaudier-Brzeska), by Simon Starling with Yasuo Miichi. 2016 (Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute, Glasgow; exh. Japan Society, New York)
Attributed works:
59. At Twilight (Production Drawings), by Simon Starling. 2014-16 (Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute, Glasgow; exh. Japan Society, New York)
Attributed works:
60. Performance from At Twilight: A play for two actors, three musicians, one dancer, eight masks (and a donkey costume), by Simon Starling in collaboration with Graham Eatough. Holmwood House, Glasgow. 2016. Photograph by Alan Dimmick (Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute, Glasgow)
Exhibition Review
Glasgow International. Glasgow
07/2016 | 1360 | 158
Pages: 574-576
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Reviewer:
Vasey, George (Vasey, George)
Subjects
artists:
Henderson, Tamara / Boyce, Martin, b. 1967 / Hicks, Sheila / Bircken, Alexandra, b. 1967 / Rottenberg, Mika, b. 1976 / Barclay, Claire, b. 1968 / Johnson, Helen, b. 1979 / Bonin, Cosima von / Takala, Pilvi, b. 1981
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Tramway, Glasgow, Great Britain / Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Great Britain / Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Great Britain / Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Great Britain / The Albus, Glasgow, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Great Britain / Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Great Britain
places:
Scotland / Glasgow
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
subjects:
Glasgow International
Illustrations
Attributed works:
58. Installation view of Seasons End, by Tamara Henderson. 2016 (Courtesy of the artist and Rodeo; exh. Mitchell Library, Glasgow)
Attributed works:
59. The Mighty Mathilde and Her Consort, by Sheila Hicks. 2016 (Courtesy of the artist and Alison Jacques Gallery; exh. Tramway, Glasgow)
Attributed works:
60. Installation view of Bright Bodies, by Claire Barclay. 2016 (Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery; exh. Mitchell Library, Glasgow)
Exhibition Review
Turner Prize; Glasgow exhibitions
01/2016 | 1354 | 158
Pages: 053–055
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Reviewer:
Jeffrey, Moira (Jeffrey, Moira)
Subjects
artists:
Assemble (art collective) / Camplin, Bonnie, b. 1970 / Kerbel, Janice, b. 1969 / Wermers, Nicole, b. 1971
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Tramway, Glasgow, Great Britain / Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow, Great Britain / Museum of Modern Art, Glasgow, Great Britain
places:
Scotland / Glasgow
private galleries:
42 Carlton Place, Glasgow, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Turner Prize
Illustrations
Attributed works:
67. Untitled chairs, a part of Infrastruktur, by Nicole Wermers. 2015 (Herald Street Gallery, London; exh. Tramway, Glasgow)
Attributed works:
68. Installation view of Granby workshop, by Assemble. 2015 (exh. Tramway, Glasgow)
Attributed works:
69. Concrete building, by Adrian Morris. 1972 (Courtesy the artist's estate; exh. 42 Carlton Place, Glasgow)
Attributed works:
70. Installation view of Darling, Gutter, by Nicolas Deshayes. 2015 (Glasgow Sculpture School)
Exhibition Review
Mackintosh architecture
05/2015 | 1346 | 157
Pages: 362-363
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Reviewer:
Hopkins, Owen (Hopkins, Owen)
Subjects
artists:
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) / Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Great Britain / RIBA Heinz Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Scotland / London / Glasgow / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
68. Glasgow Herald Building, by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (The Hunterian, University of Glasgow; exh. RIBA, London)
Attributed works:
69. Design for an artist's house and studio in the country, by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (The Hunterian, University of Glasgow; exh. RIBA, London)
Exhibition Review
GENERATION
09/2014 | 1338 | 156
Pages: 619-622
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Reviewer:
Barratt, Martha (Barratt, Martha)
Subjects
artists:
Campbell, Steven, b. 1954 / Boyce, Martin, b. 1967 / Gordon, Douglas, b. 1966 / Wright, Richard, b. 1960 / Paterson, Katie, b. 1981
artists:
Innes, Callum / Avery, Charles, Cambridge, Great Britain / Flannigan, Moyna, b. 1963 / Wright, Richard, b. 1960 / Paterson, Katie, b. 1981
artists:
Shrigley, David, b. 1968 / Black, Karla, b. 1972 / Morton, Victoria, b. 1971 / Barclay, Claire, b. 1968 / Tompkins, Hayley, b. 1971
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain / Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Great Britain / Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Great Britain / Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Tramway, Glasgow, Great Britain
places:
Glasgow / Edinburgh / Scotland
private galleries:
The Common Guild, Glasgow, Great Britain / Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Great Britain / The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Great Britain / Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Scottish painting / Scottish sculpture / Installations (visual works)
subjects:
Prints / Videos
Illustrations
Attributed works:
55. On form and fiction, by Steven Campbell. 1990. Canvas panels with ink on paper, dimensions variable. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; exh. Royal Scottish Academy Building, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
56. The place of the route of the If'en, by Charles Avery. 2007. Pencil, ink and gouache on paper, two panels 243.5 by 162.6 cm. each. (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
57. Installation view of Our love is like the flowers, the rain, the sea and the hours, by Martin Boyce as it was shown at Tramway, Glasgow, in 2002. Powder coated steel, flourescent light components, chain-link fencing, wood and DVD projection, dimensions variable. (Tate collection).
Attributed works:
58. I am, by Moyna Flannigan. 2014. Oil on linen, 140 by 110 cm. (Courtesy of the artist; exh. Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow).
Attributed works:
59. Fossil necklace, by Katie Paterson. 2013. 170 hand carved fossil beads. (Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
Rembrandt and the Passion. Glasgow
02/2013 | 1319 | 155
Pages: 116-117
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Reviewer:
Verdi, Richard (Verdi, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Rembrandt van Rijn
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Great Britain
places:
Scotland / Glasgow
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Entombment, by Rembrandt van Rijn (Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow)
Attributed works:
48. Entombment, by Rembrandt van Rijn (Alte Pinakothek, Munich; exh. Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow)
Attributed works:
49. Lamentation over the dead Christ, by Rembrandt van Rijn (National Gallery, London; exh. Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow)
Attributed works:
50. Adoration of the Magi, by Lucas Vorsterman after Rubens (Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow)
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