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Exhibition Review
Lenore Tawney: Mirror of the Universe
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 694-696
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Reviewer:
Cooke, Lynne (Cooke, Lynne)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Tawney, Lenore
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, United States
subjects:
American art / Women artists / Textiles / Tapestries / Drawings / Weaving
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Lenore Tawney: Mirror of the Universe Edited by Karen Patterson. 304 pp. incl. 200 col. ills. (John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI, and University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2019), £34. ISBN 978–0–226–66483–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Tawney with ‘Shadow River’, by Yousuf Karsh. 1959. Photograph. (Estate of Yousuf Karsh, New York; courtesy Camera Press, London).
Attributed works:
2. Waters above the firmament, by Lenore Tawney. 1976. Linen, warpfaced weft-ribbed plain weave with discontinuous wefts; manuscript pages cut into strips, attached, and painted with Liquitex acrylic paint; braided, knotted and cut warp fringe, 397.6 by 369 cm. (© Lenore G. Tawney Foundation; courtesy Art Institute Chicago).
Attributed works:
3. Collage chest II, by Lenore Tawney. 1974. Wood, metal and mixed media, 41.6 by 16.8 by 70.5 cm. (assembled). (Private collection; courtesy of John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI; photograph Rich Maciejewski).
Exhibition Review
Bill Brandt / Henry Moore
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 520-524
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Reviewer:
Harrison, Martin (Harrison, Martin)
Subjects
artists:
Moore, Henry Spencer, 1898-1986 / Brandt, Bill
dates:
2010-2019 / 2020-2030
museums and institutions:
The Hepworth, Wakefield, Great Britain / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States / Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, Great Britain
subjects:
Photography / Sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bill Brandt / Henry Moore The Hepworth Wakefield 7th February–1st November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Liverpool Street extension, by Bill Brandt. 1940, printed c.1948. Gelatin silver print, 24.4 by 19.3 cm. (Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York; exh. The Hepworth Wakefield).
Attributed works:
2. Tube shelter perspective: the Liverpool Street extension, by Henry Moore. 1941. Pencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, watercolour, wash, pen and ink on paper, 48 by 43.5 cm. (Tate, London; exh. The Hepworth Wakefield).
Attributed works:
3. Contact sheet for details of Auguste Rodin’s Walking man (1877–78), by Henry Moore. 1967. 25.2 by 20.3 cm. (Henry Moore Foundation; exh. The Hepworth Wakefield).
Attributed works:
4. Nude, Baie des Anges, by Bill Brandt. 1959. Gelatin silver print, 61.6 by 52.1 cm. (  Bill Brandt Archive Ltd, London; exh. The Hepworth Wakefield).
Article
The Leonardo anniversary: a retrospective
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 512-519
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Author:
Cole, Michael (Cole, Michael)
Subjects
art literature:
Monographs / Biographies / Catalogues / Exhibition catalogues
art literature:
Bambach, Carmen C., New York, United States / Quiviger, François, (F. Q.) / Joost, Keizer
art literature:
Roeck, Bernd
artists:
Leonardo da Vinci / Boltraffio, Giovanni Antonio / Oggiono, Marco d'
artists:
Romano, Giovanni Cristoforo
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
subjects:
Anniversaries / Exhibition reviews / Exhibitions / Infrared photography / Underdrawings / Paintings / Drawings / Studies (visual works) / Dating / Techniques / Manuscripts
subjects:
Italian art / Renaissance art / Renaissance Italy
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered. By Carmen C. Bambach. Four vols, 2,350 pp. incl. 1,319 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019),  400. ISBN 978–03–00–19195– | :
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Leonardo da Vinci: Self, Art and Nature. By François Quiviger. 224 pp. incl. 60 col. + 10 b. & w. ills. (Reaktion, London, 2019),  15.95. ISBN 978–17–89– 14070–5 | :
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Leonardo: Der Mann, der alles wissen wollte. By Bernd Roeck, 429 pp. incl. 72 col. + 32 b. & w. ills. (Verlag C.H. Beck, Munich, 2019), €28. ISBN 978–3–406–73509–7. | :
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Leonardo’s Paradox: Word and Image in the Making of Renaissance Culture. By Joost Keizer. 232 pp. incl. 40 col. + 25 b. & w. ills. (Reaktion, London, 2019),  25 | :
subjects:
Leonardo da Vinci, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 24th October 2019–24th February 2020. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The nude Mona Lisa, by a follower of Leonardo da Vinci. Early sixteenth century. Charcoal, black chalk, and white heightening on paper, with later reworking in brown gouache or tempera, pricked for transfer, 74.8 by 54 cm. (Musée Cond , Chantilly; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. Installation view of ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ at the Musée du Louvre, Paris. 2019. (Courtesy Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph Antoine Mongodin).
Attributed works:
3. Reconstruction of the model used by Leonardo to produce the drawing in Fig.4, by Leticia Leratti. 2019. Clay and linen sheet, 75 by 70 by 25 cm. (Courtesy Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph Antoine Mongodin; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
4. Drapery study for a seated figure, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1475–82. Tempera on linen, 19.6 by 15.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
5 and 6. Installation views of ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ at the Mus e du Louvre, Paris. 2019. (Courtesy Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph Antoine Mongodin).
Attributed works:
7. Studies of blood vessels and staircases, by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1506– 10. Pen with different shades of brown ink and red chalk on paper, 29.5 by 19.8 cm. (Royal Collection Trust /   Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020).
Attributed works:
8. A reconstruction of the face of the young Leonardo, from Bernd Roeck’s Leonardo: Der Mann, der alles wissen wollte (Verlag C.H. Beck, Munich).
Exhibition Review
Millet and Modern Art: From Van Gogh to Dalí. Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 346-348
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Reviewer:
Clarke, Michael (Clarke, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Millet, Jean-François, 1814-1875 / Dalí, Salvador / Lhermitte, Léon-Augustin / Gogh, Vincent van / Pissarro, Camille / Monet, Claude / Gauguin, Paul / Seurat, Georges / Segantini, Giovanni / Hodler, Ferdinand / Modersohn-Becker, Paula / Munch, Edvard / Malevich, Kazimir / Egger-Lienz, Albin / Rops, Félicien / Toorop, Jan
artists:
Morbilli, Angelo
dates:
2010-2019 / 2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, United States
subjects:
Modern art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Millet and Modern Art: From Van Gogh to Dal  Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis 16th February–17th May | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Archaeological reminiscences of Millet’s Angelus, by Salvador Dalí. c.1934. Oil on panel, 31.8 by 39.4 cm. (Dalí Museum, St Petersburg FL; exh. Saint Louis Art Museum).
Attributed works:
22. In the rice fields, by Angelo Morbilli. 1901. Canvas, 182.9 by 130.2 cm. (Private collection; exh. Saint Louis
Exhibition Review
Defiant Muses: Delphine Seyrig and the Feminist Video Collectives in France in the 1970s and 1980s. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 256-257
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Tobin, Amy (Tobin, Amy)
Subjects
artists:
Seyrig, Delphine
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
subjects:
Feminism / Politics / Film (cinema) / Videos / Visual culture
subjects:
French art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Defiant Muses: Delphine Seyrig and the Feminist Video Collectives in France in the 1970s and 1980s Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Still from Last Year at Marienbad, directed by Alain Resnais. 1961 (exh. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid).
Attributed works:
31. Still from Calamity Jane and Delphine Seyrig: A Story, directed by Babette Mangolte. 1990 (exh. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid).
Exhibition Review
Near Life: The Gipsformerei – 200 Years of Casting Plaster. James-Simon-Galerie, Berlin
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 250-251
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Marchand, Eckart (Marchand, Eckart)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
James-Simon-Galerie, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
Chipperfield, David / Gipsformerei (plaster cast workshop), Berlin, Germany / Plaster casts / Copies / Human figure / Drawings / Paintings / Academies / Sculpture / Reproductions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Near Life: The Gipsformerei – 200 Years of Casting Plaster James-Simon-Galerie, Berlin 30th August 2019–1st March | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. Installation view of Near Life: The Gipsformerei – 200 Years Gipsformerei at James- Simon-Galerie, Berlin, 2019–20 (photograph David von Becker).
Attributed works:
24. Wall in the studio, by Adolph Menzel. 1852. Oil on paper on panel, 61 by 44 cm. (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin; photograph J rg P. Anders).
Exhibition Review
Dora Maar. Tate Modern, London
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 251-253
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Pawlik, Joanna (Pawlik, Joanna )
Subjects
artists:
Maar, Dora / Picasso, Pablo
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Women artists / Surrealism / Photography / Photomontages / French art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dora Maar Tate Modern, London 20th November 2019–15th March | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. Man looking inside a sidewalk inspection door, London, by Dora Maar. c.1935. Gelatin silver print, 30.5 by 23.8 cm. (Private collection; courtesy art2art Circulating Exhibitions;   ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Attributed works:
26. The Conversation, by Dora Maar. 1937. Oil on canvas, 162 by 130 cm. (Fundaci n Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte, Madrid; courtesy FABA;   ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019; photograph Marc Domage; exh. Tate Modern London).
Exhibition Review
Peter the Great: Collector, Scholar, Artist. Moscow Kremlin Museums
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 248-250
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Reviewer:
Kocialkowska, Kamila (Kocialkowska, Kamila)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Moscow Kremlin Museums, Moscow, Russia
places:
Russia
subjects:
Collecting / Royalty / Propaganda / Regalia / Displays / Enlightenment / Tsars / Cultural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Peter the Great: Collector, Scholar, Artist Moscow Kremlin Museums 29th November 2019–8th March | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Compass, by Peter the Great. 1709. Ivory, brass, paper, iron, glass, ink, paints, diameter 13.5 cm. (Dresden Armoury, Dresden State Arts Collection; exh. Moscow Kremlin Museums).
Non-western art unattributed:
22. Tracery belt plate with dragons. Siberia, 2nd–1st centuries BC. Gold cornelian, glass, black stone, casting, inlay, 9 by 15.1 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Moscow Kremlin Museums).
Western art unattributed:
21. Ceremonial mace. Turkey, second half of the 17th century. Silver, copper, jade, turquoise, wood, forging, chasing, gilding, incrustation, length 73 cm. (Moscow Kremlin Museums).
Exhibition Review
Alvaro Pirez d’Évora: A Portuguese Painter in Italy on the Eve of the Renaissance. Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 239-241
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Reviewer:
Nuttall, Geoffrey (Nuttall, Geoffrey)
Subjects
artists:
Pirez d'Évora, Alvaro / Monaco, Lorenzo / Starnina, Gherardo / Gentile da Fabriano / Angelico, Fra
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal
places:
Lucca / Pisa / Volterra / Prato / Florence
subjects:
Portuguese painting / Portuguese sculpture / Italian painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Alvaro Pirez d’Évora: A Portuguese Painter in Italy on the Eve of the Renaissance Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon 29th November 2019–15th March | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Virgin and Child with angels, by Alvaro Pirez d’Évora. c.1425– 30. Tempera and gold on panel, 232 by 134 cm. (Santa Croce in Fossabanda, Pisa; exh. Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon).
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8. Virgin and Child with saints, by Alvaro Pirez d’Évora. After 1417. Tempera and gold and silver on panel, 188 by 241 cm. (Pinacoteca Civica, Comune di Volterra; exhibited without the predella at the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon).
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9. Annunciation, by Alvaro Pirez d’Évora. c.1430– 35. Tempera and gold on panel, 30.5 by 22 cm. (Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon;   DGPC/ ADF; photograph Luisa Oliveira).
Exhibition Review
History in Fashion: 1500 Years of Embroidery in Fashion. GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 241-243
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Reviewer:
Elster, Christiane (Elster, Christiane)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig, Germany
subjects:
Fashion / Embroidery / Needleworking / Techniques / Decorative arts / Textiles
Reviewed Items
subjects:
History in Fashion: 1500 Years of Embroidery in Fashion GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig 21st January 2019–29th March | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13.Women’s waistcoat, by Hugo Boss. 2006. Gold-wrapped thread on cotton, length 42.5 cm. (GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig; photograph Esther Hoyer). 14. Detail of Fig.11, showing the glass pearls.
Western art unattributed:
11. Christening robe. Germany (Silesia?), c.1820. Glass pearls embroidered on cotton, height 64 cm. (GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig; photograph Esther Hoyer).
Western art unattributed:
12. Women’s waistcoat. Balkans (Dalmatia?), c.1900. Goldwrapped thread on wool, length 36.5 cm. (GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig; photograph Esther Hoyer).
Western art unattributed:
14. Detail of Fig.11, showing the glass pearls.
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