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Obituary
Michael Kauffmann (1931–2023)
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1258-1260
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Author:
Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Warburg Institute, London, Great Britain / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Courtauld Institute of Art, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Kauffmann, C. M. / Art historians / Curators
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Michael Kauffmann, photographed in his office at the Courtauld Institute of Art in Home House, Portman Square, London, shortly after his appointment as Director in 1985.
Editorial
At Tate Britain
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 695
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Subjects
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Art museums / Art galleries / Art theory / Displays / Curators / Art history / Cultural history / History / Museology
Obituary
Ger Luijten (1956–2022)
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 675-676
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Author:
Hecht, Peter (Hecht, Peter)
Subjects
art literature:
Obituaries
museums and institutions:
Frits Lugt Collection, Fondation Custodia, Paris, France / Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
subjects:
Luijten, Ger / Art historians / Prints / Drawings / Curators
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Ger Luijten in October 2019. (Photograph by Gijsbert van der Wal).
Obituary
Richard Verdi (1941–2022)
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 351-352
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Author:
Spencer-Longhurst, Paul (Spencer-Longhurst, Paul)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Great Britain
subjects:
Verdi, Richard, Birmingham, Great Britain
subjects:
Art historians / Museum directors / scholars / Curators / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Richard Verdi, photographed at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in 2004. (Photograph Edward Moss).
Obituary
Katharine Lee Reid (1941–2022)
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 215-216
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Author:
Donahue Kuretsky, Susan (Donahue Kuretsky, Susan)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, United States / Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States
subjects:
Lee Reid, Katharine
subjects:
Museum directors / Curators / Art historians
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Katharine Lee Reid, photographed in 2022. (Photograph Margaret Lee Bachenheimer).
Obituary
Angus Trumble (1964–2022)
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 103-104
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Reviewer:
Hopkins, Andrew (Hopkins, Andrew)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States
subjects:
Trumble, Angus / Art historians / Curators / Cultural history
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Angus Trumble in 2015. (Photograph courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra).
Attributed works:
2. Graham Sutherland, photographed in 1977 with his 1957 portrait of Helena Rubinstein, now in the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. (Photograph Keystone Press Agency Ltd).
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
8. Installation view of Room 9 of the Musée de Cluny. (Photograph Alexandra Gajewski).
Attributed works:
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).
Book Review
The Women Who Shaped Modern Art in Britain
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 948
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Reviewer:
Feeke, Stephen (Feeke, Stephen)
Subjects
subjects:
Women artists / Art dealers / Curators / Collectors / British art / Modernism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Women Who Shaped Modern Art in Britain By James Scott. 288 pp. incl. 60 col. + 21 b. & w. ills. (Unicorn, London, 2021), £25. ISBN 978–1–913491–87–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
9. Margaret Gardiner, by Ramsey and Muspratt Photographers. c.1932. (Pier Arts Centre, Stromness).
Exhibition Review
Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: A Century of the Oriental Ceramic Society 1921–2021
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 402-403
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Reviewer:
Lam, Peter Y. K. (Lam, Peter Y. K. )
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Oriental Ceramic Society
museums and institutions:
Brunei Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Asian art / Ceramics / Chinese art / Japanese art / Korean art
subjects:
Connoisseurs / Curators / Collectors
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: A Century of the Oriental Ceramic Society 1921–2021 Edited by Sarah Wong and Stacey Pierson. 336 pp. incl. 331 col. + 68 b. & w. ills. (Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 2021), £100. ISBN 978–1–5272–8762–4. | :
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Non-western art unattributed:
1. Underglaze blue porcelain vase. Yuan dynasty, Jingdezhen kilns, Jiangxi Province, 14th century. Porcelain, height 45.7 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Yellow-glazed porcelain dish. Ming dynasty, Chenghua mark and of the period, Jingdezhen kilns, Jingxi Province, 1465–87. Diameter 17.2 cm. (Bristol Museum and Art Gallery).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Carved lacquer box and cover. Ming dynasty, 16th–17th century. Diameter 24.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Article
Obituary: Richard Kendall (1946–2021)
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 325-326
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Author:
Ganz, James A. (Ganz, James A.)
Subjects
artists:
Degas, Edgar / Monet, Claude / Gogh, Vincent van / Cézanne, Paul
museums and institutions:
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, United States
subjects:
Kendall, Richard, Williamstown, United States / Impressionism / Art historians / Curators
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Richard Kendall, photographed in 2017. (Photograph Jill DeVonyar).
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