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Behind the scenes at the modern art museum
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 882–889
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Author:
Pergam, Elizabeth (Pergam, Elizabeth)
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Museology / Art museums / Architecture / Art education / Arts funding / Museum extensions
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Closed on Mondays: Behind the Scenes at the Museum. By Dinah Casson. 208 pp. incl. 149 col. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2020), £35. ISBN 978–1–84822–434–6. | :
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The Art Museum in Modern Times. By Charles Saumarez Smith. 272 pp., incl. 122 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thames & Hudson, London and New York, 2021), £30. ISBN 978–05– 0002243–6 | :
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The Avant-Garde Museum. Edited by Agnieszka Pindera and Jarosław Suchan. 624 pp. incl. 252 col. + 57 b. & w. ills. (Museum Sztuki, Łódź, 2020) £40. ISBN 978–3–96098–947–9. | :
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Under Discussion: The Encyclopedic Museum. Edited by Donatien Grau. 256 pp. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2021), $35. ISBN 978–1–60606–719–2. | :
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Why the Museum Matters, by Daniel H. Weiss. 224 pp. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2022), $26. ISBN 978–03–0025935–3. | :
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Worlds in a Museum: Exploring Contemporary Museology. Edited by the Louvre Abu Dhabi and École du Louvre. 272 pp. incl. 99 col. ills. (Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2021), £20. ISBN 978–9– 46166–332–0 | :
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1. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2015. (Photograph Ed Lederman).
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2. Glass corridor in the North Wing of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk. (Photograph Kim Hansen).
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3. Proposal for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art expansion by Peter Zumthor. 2019. (Courtesy Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partners; The Boundary)
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4. Seen / Unseen Known / Unknown, by Walter De Maria. 2000. (Bennesse Art Site, Naoshima).
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5. Permanent display of the International collection of Modern Art of the a.r. group at the J. and K. Bartoszewicz Municipal Museum of History and Art. Photograph by Włodzimierz Pfeiffer. 1931. (From J. and K. Bartoszewicz Municipal Museum of History and Art: International Collection of Modern Art / Collection Internationale d’Art Nouveau, Łódź 1932; Archive of the Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź).
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6. Water Court at the Pavilions, Glenstone Museum, Potomac. (Photograph Iwan Baan).
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7. Louvre Abu Dhabi. (Photograph by Roland Halbe).
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8. Daniel Weiss, former President and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2019. (Photograph Mark Abramson).
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9. Burrell Collection, Glasgow. 2022. (Photograph by Hufton + Crow).
Exhibition Review
Sydney Modern at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 452-455
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Reviewer:
Goodwin, Kate (Goodwin, Kate)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
places:
Sydney
subjects:
Art museums / Architecture / Museum extensions / Australian art / Australian Aboriginal / Asian art
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Sydney Modern at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney From 3rd December 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Aerial view of the new building of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Sydney, by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA, 2022. (Photograph Iwan Baan).
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22. Ground plan of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2022, showing the South Building (1); the Welcome Plaza (2); the Entrance Pavilion (3); the gallery shop (4); the Yiribana Gallery (5); the loggia (6); the terrace above the gallery for contemporary art (7); the terrace above the restaurant (8); the terrace above a gallery (9); and a multiuse entertaining space (10). (Courtesy GGN, Seattle).
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23. Installation view of GROUNDLOOP, by Lisa Reihana. 2022. Single channel digital video with multi-layered audio, duration 21 minutes. (Lisa Reihana; courtesy Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; photograph Jenni Carter).
Exhibition Review
Gainsborough’s House
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 322-325
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Reviewer:
Shawe-Taylor, Desmond (Shawe-Taylor, Desmond)
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artists:
Gainsborough, Thomas
artists:
Morris, Cedric Lockwood / Constable, John
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Great Britain
subjects:
Artists' houses / Museum extensions / Architects / Architecture
Reviewed Items
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Gainsborough’s House Sudbury, Suffolk From 21st November 2022 | :
Illustrations
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19. Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, Suffolk (Hufton +Crow).
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20. View of the new building designed by ZMMA at Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, Suffolk, looking south along Weavers Lane (Hufton+Crow).
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21. Installation view of Painting Flanders: Flemish Art 1880–1914 at Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, Suffolk, 2023 (Hufton+Crow).
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22. The Early Gainsborough Gallery at Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, Suffolk (Hufton+Crow).
Exhibition Review
Leighton House Museum, London
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1284-1286
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Reviewer:
Owens, Susan (Owens, Susan)
Subjects
artists:
Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton / Ghaffari, Shahrzad
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Leighton House, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Restoration (process) / Museum extensions / Interiors / Victorian art
Reviewed Items
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Leighton House Museum, London From 15th October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
27. Leighton House from the garden (© Leighton House, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; courtesy Jaron James).
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28. Oneness, by Shahrzad Ghaffari. 2022. Acrylic with textured material including pumice gel, height 1100 cm. (Leighton House, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea).
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29. The Silk Room, Leighton House (© Leighton House, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; courtesy Dirk Lindner).
Article
A museum asserts its identity: the reopening of the Musée de Cluny
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1000-1007
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Author:
Gajewski, Alexandra (Gajewski, Alexandra)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France
subjects:
Museums / Museology / Restoration (process) / Displays / Architecture / French medieval art / Roman (ancient) / Collections / Collections, Public / Statues / Stained glass / Tapestries / Altarpieces / Carvings / Furniture / Museum extensions / Sculpture
subjects:
Collectors / Curators / Museum directors / Architects
subjects:
Remodelling (buildings)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Installation view of Room 13 of the Musée de Cluny. (Musée de Cluny - musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph Alexis Paoli, OPPIC).
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3. The Hôtel de Cluny from rue Du Sommerand, by Léon et Lévy. 1864–73. (École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris; photograph © Beaux-Arts de Paris, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / image Beaux-Arts de Paris).
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4. The room of François I in the Hôtel de Cluny. 1840. Print. (Musée de Cluny, Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée de Cluny - Musée National du Moyen Âge) / musée Cluny).
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5. The thermes of the Musée de Cluny and the entrance hall designed by Bernard Desmoulin. (Musée de Cluny - Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph M. Denancé).
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6. Plan of the of the ground floor of the Musée de Cluny. (After Bernard Desmoulin).
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7. North wall of the frigidarium, Musée de Cluny. c.1880. Watercolour on paper. (Musée de Cluny, Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée de Cluny - Musée national du Moyen Âge) / Franck Raux).
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8. Installation view of Room 9 of the Musée de Cluny. (Photograph Alexandra Gajewski).
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9. Installation view of Room 21 of the Musée de Cluny. (Photograph Alexandra Gajewski).
Western art unattributed:
1. Octagonal table. c.1480. Oak, height 75 cm. (Musée de Cluny, Musée National du Moyen Âge, Paris; photograph © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée de Cluny - Musée National du Moyen Âge) / Gérard Blot).
Exhibition Review
Museum of the Home
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 858-861
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Reviewer:
Harrod, Tanya (Harrod, Tanya)
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dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museum of the Home (formerly Geffrye Museum), London, Great Britain
subjects:
Museums / Museum extensions / Museology / Museum policy / Displays / Interiors / Restoration (process) / Domestic (house related concept) / Social history / Slavery / Almshouses
Reviewed Items
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Museum of the Home London from 12th June | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Installation view of A front room in 1976, curated by the playwright Michael McMillan, at the Museum of the Home, London, 2021 (photograph Em Fitzgerald).
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24. All I want is a room somewhere, by Jonathan Donovan. 2016. Digital print, 118.9 by 84.1 cm. (Museum of the Home, London).
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25. Installation view of Museum of the Home, London, showing a parlour in 1745 with evidence of cleaning (photograph Em Fitzgerald).
Exhibition Review
Kettle’s Yard
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 335-338
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Reviewer:
Vaizey, Marina (Vaizey, Marina)
Subjects
artists:
Parker, Cornelia / Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri / Gabo, Naum / Beuys, Joseph / Long, Richard / Mehretu, Julie / Nicholson, Ben / Frankenthaler, Helen
collectors and dealers:
Ede, H. S.
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Paintings / Sculpture / Drawings / Prints / Photographs / Videos
museums and institutions:
Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / Cambridge
subjects:
British painting / British sculpture / British architecture / Restoration (process) / Museum extensions / Politics
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. New entrance to the galleries at Kettle’s Yard by Jamie Fobert Architects. (Photograph Hufton + Crow).
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16. Linear construction in space no. 1, by Naum Gabo. 1944–45. Perspex and Nylon thread, 304 by 304 by 62 cm. (Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge).
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17. Transparent orange rose / May green, by Callum Innes. 2017. Watercolour on Canson Heritage 640gsm, 56 by 76 cm. (Courtesy the artist; exh. Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge).
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18. The ladies (Wren Library), by Melanie Manchot. 2017. Digital Chromagenic print, 120 by 80 cm. (Courtesy the artist and Parafin, London; exh. Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge).
Article
Tate Modern's new building: the Switch House
09/2016 | 1362 | 158
Pages: 730-734
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Author:
Hawkes, Dean (Hawkes, Dean)
Subjects
artists:
Herzog and de Meuron
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Collections, Public / Museum extensions / Architecture / Galleries (display spaces)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
33. Switch House, Tate Modern, exterior from the south (© 2016, Herzog & de Meuron, Basel)
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34. Switch House, Tate Modern, circulation diagram (© 2016, Herzog & de Meuron, Basel)
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35. Switch House, Tate Modern, the west staircase (© 2016, Herzog & de Meuron, Basel)
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36. Switch House, Tate Modern, gallery at Level 2 showing the ceiling construction and window to the south (© 2016, Herzog & de Meuron, Basel)
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37. Switch House, Tate Modern, Louise Bourgeois Artist. Room at Level 4, showing the translucent ceiling (© 2016, Herzog & de Meuron, Basel)
Editorial
Kunstmuseum Basel, New Building
07/2016 | 1360 | 158
Pages: 515-517
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Subjects
artists:
Christ and Gantenbein
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
subjects:
Editorials / Museum extensions / Architecture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
I. The Kunstmuseum Basel, with its new building on the left. (Photograph Julian Salinas)
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II. The staircase in the Kunstmuseum Basel's new building. (Photograph by Frances Spalding)
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III. Exterior view of the Kunstmuseum Basel's new building
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IV. First-floor landing with Carl Andre's Cedar Piece, 1959-64. Photograph by Frances Spalding
Western art unattributed:
V. View of St Alban-Vorstadt from the first floor
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