• MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Burlington Contemporary is the Burlington Magazine’s free online platform for reviews and research on international contemporary art.

Want to continue reading? Get 1 month digital access for only .

Subscribe now
By using this website you agree to our Cookie policy
  • MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Search

content
A TO Z
clear all
63 articles
Book Review
An Exhibition History of Victorian Leeds
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 331–332
Buy / subscribe
related names
Reviewer:
Trusted, Marjorie (Trusted, Marjorie)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
City Art Gallery, Leeds, Great Britain
places:
Leeds
subjects:
Victorian art / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
An Exhibition History of Victorian Leeds By Rebecca Wade. 279 pp. incl. 25 b. & w. ills. (Liverpool University Press, 2023), £110. ISBN 978–1–80207–854–1. | :
Book Review
The Cotman Collection: John Sell Cotman at Leeds Art Gallery. By David Hill and Theodore Wilkins
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 882-883
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Wilcox, Timothy (Wilcox, Timothy; Wilcox, Tim)
Subjects
art literature:
Kitson, Sydney D.
artists:
Cotman, John Sell
dates:
1800-1899 / 1900-1949 / 1920-1929 / 1930-1939
media:
Drawings / Etchings / Prints / Watercolours
media:
Documents
museums and institutions:
City Art Gallery, Leeds, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / Leeds
subjects:
British painting / Collections / Collecting / Figure paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Printmaking / Digital technology / Databases / Correspondence / Notebooks / Biographies / Archives / Dating / Attribution / Attributions
subjects:
Electronic publishing
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Portrait of ?Mrs Parr, sister of Mrs John Sell Cotman, Called ‘Portrait of Mrs J S Cotman’, by John Sell Cotman. c.1815. Graphite and white chalk on wove paper, 30.4 by 23 cm. (Leeds Art Gallery; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Thomas Chippendale
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 414-416
Read now
Subjects
artists:
Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779 / Adam, Robert, 1728-1792
buildings:
Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds, Great Britain
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Furniture / Frames / Silks / Wallpaper / Drawings / Engravings / Books / Tapestries
media:
Marquetry
places:
Great Britain / Leeds
subjects:
Furnishings / British architecture / Cabinets (furniture) / Carvings / Chinoiserie / Neo-classicism / Rococo / Chippendale
subjects:
Chairs / Tables (support furniture)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Armchair from a set of twelve by Thomas Chippendale. c.1774. Carved and gilded limewood, with the original tapestry covers, 105 by 70 by 74 cm. (Newby Hall, Yorkshire; exh. Leeds City Museum).
Attributed works:
11. Pier table made for the Yellow Damask Sitting Room at Harewood House, Yorkshire, by Thomas Chippendale. 1775. Various woods, the frame originally silvered, 95 by 235 by 67 cm. (Private collection; exh. Leeds City Museum).
Attributed works:
12. Library armchair from a set of six by Thomas Chippendale. 1768. Mahogany, originally covered in ‘Green hair Cloth’, 96 by 68 by 59 cm. (Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, The National Trust; exh. Leeds City Museum).
Attributed works:
13. Cabinet, one of a pair made for Melbourne House, London, by Thomas Chippendale. c.1773. Mahogany and various woods, 238 by 114 by 53 cm. (The Trustees of the Firle Estate Settlement; exh. Leeds City Museum).
Exhibition Review
Modern sculpture. Yorkshire
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 658-659
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Vernon, Jonathan (Vernon, Jonathan ; V., J.)
Subjects
artists:
Cragg, Tony / Armitage, Kenneth
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds, Leeds, Great Britain / Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield, Great Britain / Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, Great Britain
places:
West Bretton / Wakefield / Nottingham / Leeds / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / British sculpture
subjects:
Sculpture / Modern Art
subjects:
Open air exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
66. People in the wind, by Kenneth Armitage. 1950 (Victoria Art Gallery, Bath; exh. Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds)
Attributed works:
67. Points of view, by Tony Cragg. 2013 (Courtesy the artist; exh. Yorkshire Sculpture Park)
Attributed works:
68. Installation view of Kaleidoscope: Colour and Sequence in 1960s British Art at the Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, showing Thebes (1966; Arts Council Collection), by William Tucker (foreground) and Quinquereme (1966; Arts Council Collection), by Tim Scott (upper right)
Exhibition Review
Paul Neagu: Palpable Sculpture
11/2015 | 1352 | 157
Pages: 803-804
Subscribe to read
Subjects
artists:
Neagu, Paul
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, Great Britain
places:
Leeds / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
85. Great Tactile Table, by Paul Neagu. 1970 (Tate, London; exh. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds)
Attributed works:
86. The Hand Collector, by Paul Neagu. 1970 (Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne; exh. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds)
Western art unattributed:
84. Paul Neagu (left) in his Palpable Art exhibition at the Richard Demarco Gallery, 8 Melville Crescent, Edinburgh, 22nd Auguat to 13th September 1969 (Photograph: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art/Richard Demarco Archive, Edinburgh; exh. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds)
Exhibition Review
St Ives artists
10/2015 | 1351 | 157
Pages: 725-726
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Smith, Rachel (Smith, Rachel)
Subjects
artists:
Saint Ives Colony / Lanyon, Peter / Wynter, Bryan / Frost, Terry / Heron, Patrick / Hilton, Roger
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Great Britain / City Art Gallery, Leeds, Great Britain / Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
The Exchange, Penzance, Great Britain
places:
Penzance / Leeds / Kendal / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
55. Blue glass airscape, by Peter Lanyon. 1960 (Private collection; exh. Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal)
Attributed works:
56. Torrid zone/region, by Bryan Wynter. 1958 (Lakeland Arts Trust; exh. Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal)
Attributed works:
57. Green, black and white movement, by Terry Frost. 1951-52 (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; exh. Newlyn Art Gallery and The Exchange, Penzance)
Exhibition Review
The Age of Innocence
11/2013 | 1328 | 155
Pages: 789-790
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Hamnett, Melissa (Hamnett, Melissa)
Subjects
artists:
Drury, Alfred, 1856-1944
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, Great Britain
places:
Leeds / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / British sculpture / Public sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
39. (Left) The Age of Innocence, by Alfred Drury (Leeds Museums and Galleries; (centre) The Age of Innocence, by Alfred Drury (Bradford Museums); (right) The Age of Innocence, by Alfred Drury (Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston and Trustees of E.A.B. Drury estate). Installation at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 2013
Attributed works:
40. (Left) Enid the Fair, by George Frampton (Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum); (centre) Enid the Fair, by George Frampton (Leeds Museums and Galleries (Henry Moore Institute Archive)); (right) Lyonors, by George Frampton (Leeds Museums and Galleries (Henry Moore Institute Archive)). Installation at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 2013
Exhibition Review
1913: The Shape of Time. Leeds
02/2013 | 1319 | 155
Pages: 115-116
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
McKever, Rosalind (McKever, Rosalind)
Subjects
media:
2010-2019 / 1910-1919
museums and institutions:
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, Great Britain
places:
Leeds / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Avant-garde / Modernism / Conceptual art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
45. Installation view of 1913: The Shape of Time including (background) Deconstruction of the planes of a lamp, by Ardengo Soffici (Estorick Collection, London; exh. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds); and (foreground) Development of a bottle in space, by Umberto Boccioni (Private collection; exh. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds)
Attributed works:
46. Wrestlers, by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (Sherwin Collection, Leeds; exh. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds)
Exhibition Review
Sarah Lucas. Leeds
11/2012 | 1316 | 154
Pages: 808-809
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Taylor, Brandon (Taylor, Brandon)
Subjects
artists:
Lucas, Sarah
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, Great Britain
places:
Leeds / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
81. NUD 26, by Sarah Lucas. 2009. Tights, fluff, wire, breeze-blocks and MDF plinth, 100 by 43 by 43 cm. (Courtesy of Sadie Coles HQ, London; exh. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds).
Attributed works:
82. Installation view of Sarah Lucas: Ordinary Things, showing The king, by Sarah Lucas. 2008. Plaster, steel wire and wood, 123 by 120 by 30 cm. (Courtesy of Murderme; exh. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds).
Attributed works:
83. Au naturel, by Sarah Lucas. 1994. Mattress, melons, oranges, cucumber and bucket, 84 by 167.6 by 144.8 cm. (Courtesy of Murderme; exh. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds).
Exhibition Review
Fiona Rae. Leeds
08/2012 | 1313 | 154
Pages: 589-591
Subscribe to read
related names
Reviewer:
Cahill, James (Cahill, James; Cahill, J.)
Subjects
artists:
Rae, Fiona
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
City Art Gallery, Leeds, Great Britain
places:
Leeds / England
print:
Rae, Fiona
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Fiona Rae. Maybe you can live on the moon in the next century | institution: City Art Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
56. Lovesexy, by Fiona Rae. 2000. Oil, acrylic and glitter on canvas, 246.4 by 203.2 cm. (Courtesy of Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, and LVMH collection, Paris; exh. Leeds City Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
58. Trees and flowers await your love, by Fiona Rae. 2007. Oil, acrylic and gouache on canvas, 152.4 by 127 cm. (Courtesy of Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, and Tajan SA; exh. Leeds City Art Gallery).
next
load more