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Exhibition Review
Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 79-81
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Reviewer:
Salatino, Kevin (Salatino, Kevin)
Subjects
artists:
Fuseli, Henry
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Women / Fashion / Eroticism / Violence / Models (people) / Prostitution / Paintings / Drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism Courtauld Gallery, London 14th October 2022–8th January 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Sophia Fuseli, her hair in large rolls, with pink gloves, in front of a brown curtain, by Henry Fuseli. 1790. Graphite, brush and watercolour, heightened with white opaque watercolour on paper, 31.6 by 19.7 cm. (Kunsthaus Zürich; exh. Courtauld Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
17. Woman in a sculpture gallery, by Henry Fuseli. 1798. Pen and black ink, brush and watercolour on paper, over graphite, heightened with white opaque watercolour, 41 by 24.7 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; exh. Courtauld
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18. Kallipyga, by Henry Fuseli. c.1790–92? Pen and brown ink, 16.3 by 9.4 cm. (Private collection; exh. Courtauld Gallery, London).
Editorial
Ukraine’s cultural casualties
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 639-640
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Author:
Akinsha, Konstantin (Akinsha, Konstantin)
Subjects
places:
Ukraine
subjects:
War / Violence / Stolen works of art / Visual culture / Unesco / Architecture / Collections, Public / Art museums / Museums
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Palace of Labour, Kharkiv, designed by Ippolit Pretro and completed in 1916, which has largely been destroyed in the Russian bombardment of the city. (Photograph Stanislav Ostrous).
Book Review
Art and Violence in Early Renaissance Florence
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 468-469
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Reviewer:
Dempsey, Charles (Dempsey, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Ghirlandaio, Domenico / Piero di Cosimo / Pollaiolo, Antonio del / Uccello, Paolo / Leonardo da Vinci / Michelangelo
subjects:
Florentine art / Renaissance art / Violence / Visual culture / Poetry
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Art and Violence in Early Renaissance Florence By Scott Nethersole. 320 pp. incl. 233 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018),  65. ISBN 978–0–300–23351–3. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Battle of the naked men, by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. c.1470–90. Engraving, 38.4 by 58.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Passion and Fervour
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 275-278
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Reviewer:
Stiegemann, Christoph (Stiegemann, Christoph)
Subjects
artists:
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig / Barlach, Ernst / Grünewald, Matthias / Baldung, Hans / Dürer, Albrecht / Paolo Fiammingo
artists:
Dix, Otto / Goldin, Nan / Mendieta, Ana / Beckmann, Max / Fuseli, Henry
artists:
De Bruyckere, Berlinde / Lassnig, Maria
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
LWL - Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, Germany
subjects:
Emotion / Love / Violence
works:
Laocoön (Vatican Museums, Rome)
Reviewed Items
works:
Passion and Fervour LWL – Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster 9th October 2020– 14th February 2021 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Study for a self-portrait, by Henry Fuseli. 1780s. Black-andwhite chalk with ink inscription, 27 by 19.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. LWL – Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster).
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8. The fruit of love, from the series Love Scenes, by Pauwels Franck, called Paolo Fiammingo. 1585– 89. Oil on canvas, 158.7 by 257.3 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; exh. LWL – Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster).
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9. Pietà, by Berlinde de Bruyckere. 2007–08. Wax, cushions, wood, iron and epoxy, 126 by 90 by 188 cm. (Private collection; © Berlinde De Bruyckere; courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth; exh. LWL – Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster; photograph Mirjam Devriendt).
Exhibition Review
Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011. MoMA PS1, New York
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 161-163
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Reviewer:
Slifkin, Robert (Slifkin, Robert)
Subjects
artists:
Malalla, Hanna / Lawlor, Louise / Auder, Michel / Al Qadiri, Monira / Al Radi, Nuha / Al-Azzawi, Dia / Gonzáles-Torres, Felix / Al-Shammarey, Mohammed / Sturtevant, Elaine
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
MoMA PS1, New York, United States
places:
Iraq / Iran / United States
styles:
World art
subjects:
War / Violence / Politics / Propaganda
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011 MoMA PS1, New York 3rd November 2019–1st March | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
28. Still from Gulf War TV War, by Michel Auder. 1991, edited 2017. Hi8 video and mini-DV transferred to digital video. 102 min. (Courtesy the artist and Martos Gallery, New York; exh. MoMA PS1, New York).
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29. The fires of Baghdad, by Kareem Risan. 2003. Ink, coloured pencil, digital printing, and collage on paper; 13 folded pages loose in cover, in slipcase 32.5 by 59 cm. (unfolded) (Azzawi Collection, London; photograph Anthony Dawton; exh. MoMA PS1, New York).
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30. Portrait of Zain Habboo, by Nuha Al-Radi. 1995. Painted metal canister and rock, 25.4 by 15.2 cm. (Private collection; photograph Kris Graves; exh. MoMA PS1, New York).
Exhibition Review
Jenny Holzer: Thing Indescribable. Guggenheim Bilbao
06/2019 | 1395 | 161
Pages: 515-517
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Reviewer:
Trigg, David M. (Trigg, David M.)
Subjects
artists:
Holzer, Jenny
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Installations (visual works)
museums and institutions:
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
styles:
Kinetic / Light
subjects:
Poetry / Literature in art / Politics / Feminism / War / Violence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. For Bilbao, by Jenny Holzer. 2019. Projection, site-specific dimensions. (Courtesy the artist).
Attributed works:
27. Installation for Bilbao, by Jenny Holzer. 1997. Electronic LED signs, 9 columns site-specific dimensions (Courtesy the artist and Guggenheim Bilbao).
Attributed works:
28. Ram, by Jenny Holzer. 2016. Threesided LED sign, RGB diodes, 14 by 762 by 14 cm. (Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth).
Exhibition Review
Don McCullin
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 339-341
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Reviewer:
Roberts, Hilary (Roberts, Hilary)
Subjects
artists:
McCullin, Don
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Photography
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
subjects:
War / Violence / Travel / Social history
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. The guv’nors in their Sunday suits, Finsbury Park, London, by Don McCullin. 1958. Gelatin silver print, 50.8 by 60.9 cm. (Courtesy the artist; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
24. Grenade thrower, Hue, Vietnam, by Don McCullin. 1968. Gelatin silver print, 49 by 61 cm. (Courtesy the artist; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
25. Woods near my house, Somerset, by Don McCullin. c.1991. Gelatin silver print, 30.7 by 41.5 cm. (Tate; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Book Review
Veronese in Murano: Two Venetian Renaissance Masterpieces Restored. By Xavier F. Salomon with Maichol Clemente and Claudia Vittori
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 88-89
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Reviewer:
Nichols, Tom (Nichols, Tom)
Subjects
artists:
Veronese, Paolo
dates:
1500-1599 / 1550-1599
media:
Paintings / Frames / Documents
museums and institutions:
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy / Frick Collection, New York, United States
places:
Italy / Venice / United States / New York
subjects:
Italian painting / Style / Patronage / Commissions / Restoration (process) / Venetian / Baroque / Chapels / Violence / Iconography / Christian iconography / Jerome, Saint / Agatha, Saint / Council of Trent (1545-1563) / Exhibition catalogues
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. St Jerome in the wilderness, by Paolo Veronese. 1566–67. Canvas, 231 by 145.5 cm. (San Pietro Martire, Murano).
Exhibition Review
Ribera: Art of Violence. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 58-60
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Reviewer:
Finaldi, Gabriele (Finaldi, Gabriele)
Subjects
art literature:
Byron, George Gordon Byron / Ford, Richard, 1796-1858 / Stirling-Maxwell, William / Dante Alighieri
artists:
Ribera, Jusepe de / Michelangelo / Martínez, Jusepe / Callot, Jacques
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Prints
museums and institutions:
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Spanish painting / Violence / Torture / Law / Anatomy / Ecorchés (models) / Portraits / Heraldry / Visual sources / Critical Reception / Saints / Martyrdoms / Martyrs / Blind (people) / Divine Comedy (Dante) / Classical / Marsyas / Apollo / Bartholomew, Saint / Snakes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. A bat and two ears, by Jusepe de Ribera. Early 1620s. Red chalk, brush and red wash, 15.9 by 27.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. Apollo and Marsyas, by Jusepe de Ribera. 1637. Canvas, 182 by 232 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
3. Man bound to a stake, by Jusepe de Ribera. First half of the 1640s. Pen and brown ink with wash, 21.5 by 16.3 cm. (Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).