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Exhibition Review
Venice Biennale
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 724–27
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Reviewer:
Lloyd, Kathryn (Lloyd, Kathryn)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
places:
Venice
subjects:
Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy / Contemporary art / Modern art / Immigration / Exiled artists / Homosexuality / Decolonisation
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Venice Biennale Various locations, Venice 20th April–24th November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Kissing my foot, by Louis Fratino. 2024. Oil on canvas, 144.8 by 198.1 cm. (Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia; photograph Matteo de Mayda; exh. Central Pavilion, Giardini, Venice).
Attributed works:
2. Installation view of Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere at the Central Pavilion, Giardini, Venice, showing 25 works from the series Bambus, by Ione Saldanha. 1960–70s. Acrylic on bamboo, dimensions variable. (Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia; photograph Matteo de Mayda).
Attributed works:
3. Installation view of Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere at the Arsenale, Venice. (Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia; photograph Marco Zorzanello).
Book Review
Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Paris
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 319–321
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Reviewer:
Caws, Mary Ann (Caws, Mary Ann)
Subjects
artists:
Laurencin, Marie
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, United States
subjects:
French art / Women artists / Models (people) / Homosexuality
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Paris Edited by Simonetta Fraquelli and Cindy Kang, with essays by Simonetta Fraquelli, Cindy Kang, Jelena Kristic, Christine Poggi, Rachel Silveri and contributions by Corrinne Chong and Oriane Poret. 208 pp. incl. 112 col. + 64 b. & w. ills. (Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, 2023), £40. ISBN 978–0–30027–363–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. Portrait de Mademoiselle Chanel, by Marie Laurencin. 1923. Oil on canvas, 92 by 73 cm. (© Fondation Foujita, Artists Rights Society, New York, and ADAGP, Paris; Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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16. Femme peintre et son modèle, by Marie Laurencin. 1921. Oil on canvas, 80.6 by 65 cm. (© Fondation Foujita, Artists Rights Society, New York, and ADAGP, Paris; private collection; Bridgeman Images; Christie’s Images).
Attributed works:
17. Les biches, by Marie Laurencin. 1923. Oil on canvas, 73 by 92 cm. (© RMN-Grand Palais and Art Resource, New York; Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris).
Book Review
Queer St Ives and Other Stories
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 350
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Reviewer:
Feeke, Stephen (Feeke, Stephen)
Subjects
places:
St Ives
subjects:
Queer theory / Homosexuality / British art / Modernism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Queer St Ives and Other Stories By Ian Massey. 256 pp. incl. 25 col. + 21 b. & w. ills. (Ridinghouse, London, 2022), £30. ISBN 978–1–909932–69–2. | :
Exhibition Review
Glyn Philpot: Flesh and Spirit
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 805-809
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Philpot, Glyn
museums and institutions:
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Portraits / Black people / Homosexuality
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Glyn Philpot: Flesh and Spirit Pallant House Gallery, Chichester 14th May–23rd October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. The little dancer, by Glyn Philpot. 1923. Oil on canvas, 143 by 115 cm. (Private collection; © Maas Gallery, London; exh. Pallant House Gallery, Chichester; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
21. Resurgam, by Glyn Philpot. 1929. Oil on canvas, 86 by 89 cm. (Private collection; © Christie’s Images; exh. Pallant House Gallery, Chichester; Bridgeman Images).
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22. Tom Whiskey (M. Julien Zaïre), by Glyn Philpot. 1931. Oil on canvas, 47 by 39.5 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Richard Osborn Fine Art; exh. Pallant House Gallery, Chichester).
Article
Horace Walpole’s queer Gothic
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 264-269
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
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buildings:
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London, Great Britain / Houghton Hall, nr. Kings Lynn, Great Britain
patrons:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
styles:
Gothic architecture / Gothic Revival
subjects:
British architecture / Queer theory / Homosexuality
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Horace Walpole, by J.G. Eccardt, 1754. Oil on canvas, 39.4 by 31.8 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter, by J.G. Eccardt and John Wootton. c.1754, frame c.1680. Oil on canvas, 50.8 by 101.6 (painting). (Courtesy Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington CT).
Attributed works:
3. Frontispiece to ‘Memoirs of George II’ by Horace Walpole, by Richard Bentley. 1752. Pen, ink and wash on paper. (Courtesy Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington CT).
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4. Miss Prettyman in clover, by ‘Truepenny’. 1785. Etching, 17.3 by 12.5 cm. (New York Public Library).
Attributed works:
5. Illustration for ‘Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College’, by Richard Bentley, from Designs by Mr R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr T. Gray, London 1753. Etching, 37.3 by 27.3 cm. (page). (British Library, London).
Exhibition Review
Andy Warhol Exhibits: A Glittering Alternative
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 270-272
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Reviewer:
Anfam, David (Anfam, David)
Subjects
artists:
Warhol, Andy / Poons, Larry / Oldenburg, Claes
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK), Vienna, Austria
styles:
Pop art / Conceptual art / Minimalism
subjects:
American art / Capitalism / Gender / Homosexuality
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Andy Warhol Exhibits: A Glittering Alternative Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK), Vienna 25th September 2020–30th May 2021 Defrosting the Icebox. Guesting at mumok: The Hidden Treasures of the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities of the Kunsthistorisches Museum and Weltmuseum Vienna Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK), Vienna 25th September 2020–30th May 2021 Misfitting Together: Serial Formations of Pop Art, Minimal Art, and Conceptual Art Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK), Vienna 1st July 2020–25th April 2021 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Installation view of Defrosting the Icebox. Guesting at mumok: The Hidden Treasures of the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities of the Kunsthistorisches Museum and Weltmuseum at Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK), Vienna, 2020–21.
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2. Installation view of Andy Warhol Exhibits: A Glittering Alternative at Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK), Vienna, 2020–21, showing the Marbled Paper drawings, by Andy Warhol. c.1954. Refabricated by mumok under the supervision of Marianne Dobner. (Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK), Vienna).
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3. Nixe’s mate, by Larry Poons. 1961. Acrylic on canvas, 178 by 285 by 4 cm. (Ludwig Foundation, Vienna; exh. Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK), Vienna)
Attributed works:
4. Ladies and gentlemen, by Andy Warhol. 1975. Acrylic, silkscreen on canvas, 120 by 80 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK), Vienna; © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York / Licensed by Bildrecht Vienna).
Book Review
Pier Groups: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront. By Jonathan Weinberg
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 269-270
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Reviewer:
Parlett, Jack (Parlett, Jack)
Subjects
artists:
Matta-Clark, Gordon / Acconci, Vito / Seccombe, Shelley / Baltrop, Alvin
places:
New York
subjects:
Queer theory / piers / Homosexuality / Cultural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pier Groups: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront By Jonathan Weinberg. 232 pp. incl. 34 col. + 66 b. & w. ills. (Penn State University Press, University Park PA, 2019),  31.50. ISBN 978–0–271–08217–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. Sunbathing on the edge, Pier 52 (Matta- Clark’s Day’s End), by Shelley Seccombe. c.1977. Photograph. (Courtesy the artist).
Book Review
Eros Visible: Art, Sexuality and Antiquity in Renaissance Italy. By James Grantham Turner
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 255-256
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Reviewer:
Robertson, Charles (Robertson, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Raimondi, Marcantonio / Michelangelo
dates:
1500-1599
media:
Prints / Drawings / Frescoes
subjects:
Nudes / Eroticism / Antiquity / Homosexuality / Models (people) / Renaissance Italy / Renaissance art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Eros Visible: Art, Sexuality and Antiquity in Renaissance Italy. By James Grantham Turner | :
Book Review
Die Sixtinishe Decke: Warum Michelangelo malen durfte, was er wollte. By Volker Herzner
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 799-800
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Reviewer:
Godfrey, Daniel (Godfrey, Daniel)
Subjects
art literature:
Savonarola, Girolamo / Wilde, Johannes / De Tolnay, Charles
artists:
Michelangelo
buildings:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
dates:
1500-1549
media:
Paintings / Frescoes
patrons:
Julius II, Pope, 1443-1513
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian painting / Fresco painting / Iconography / Christian iconography / Creation of the World / Theology / Humanism / Visual sources / Poetry / Homosexuality
Exhibition Review
Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 501-503
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Reviewer:
Anfam, David (Anfam, David)
Subjects
art literature:
Corn, Wanda M. / Adams, Henry, 1838-1918
artists:
Wood, Grant
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York
subjects:
American painting (United States of America) / Homosexuality / Collecting / Decorative arts / Magic realism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. American gothic, by Grant Wood. 1930. Oil on board, 78 by 65.3 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago; exh. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York).
Attributed works:
17. The return from Bohemia, by Grant Wood. 1935. Pastel, gouache and pencil on paper, 59.7 by 50.8 cm. (Promised gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville; exh. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York).
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18. January, by Grant Wood. 1940–41. Oil on board, 45.6 by 60 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art; exh. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York).
Attributed works:
19. Overmantel decoration, by Grant Wood. 1930. Oil on board, 104.1 by 162.6 cm. (Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; exh. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York).
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