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Exhibition Review
Medardo Rosso: Inventing Modern Sculpture
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 725–27
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Reviewer:
Hecker, Sharon (Hecker, Sharon)
Subjects
artists:
Rosso, Medardo
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
subjects:
Italian sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Medardo Rosso: Inventing Modern Sculpture Kunstmuseum Basel 29th March–10th August | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
27. Installation view of Medardo Rosso: Inventing Modern Sculpture at the Kunstmuseum Basel, 2025, showing, second plinth from left, Rosso in Africa, by Juan Muñoz. 1994. Plaster, 28 by 22 by 18 cm.; and, in the background, Untitled, by Marisa Merz. c.1900. Kerosene and coloured pencil on unfired clay, 28.5 by 12 by 195 cm. (Photograph Max Ehrengruber).
Attributed works:
28. Medardo Rosso’s Enfant à la Bouchée de pain in front of Paul Cezanne’s Bathers, Salon d’Automne, Paris, 1904. Gelatin silver print, 11.7 by 14.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Kunstmuseum Basel).
Exhibition Review
Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 722–725
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Reviewer:
Choi, Kee Il Jr (Choi, Kee Il Jr)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Chinoiserie / Feminism / Women
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 25th March–17th August | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
24. Woman with a pipe. c.1760–80. Reverse-painted crown glass, 52.1 by 39.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Attributed works:
25. Evening Dress, by Travis Blanton. c.1934. Black silk charmeuse embroidered with gold and silver sequins. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
26. Translated Vase_2023 TVG 1, by Yeesookyung. 2023. Ceramic shards, epoxy and gold leaf, diameter 18 cm. (Courtesy the artist).
Exhibition Review
Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th- Century British Landscapes and Beyond
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 720–22
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Reviewer:
Marciari, John (Marciari, John)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States
subjects:
British art / Landscapes (visual works) / Drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th- Century British Landscapes and Beyond Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 12th January–6th July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Lake Albano, by Francis Towne. 1781. Pen and grey ink and wash over graphite on paper, 32.1 by 47 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Attributed works:
22. Rochester Castle from the River Medway, by Thomas Girtin. c.1791–92. Watercolour and graphite on paper, 27.5 by 49.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Exhibition Review
Le Louvre s’invite chez Goya
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 718-720
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Reviewer:
Espin, Elsa (Espin, Elsa)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
subjects:
Musée Goya, Castres, France / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
subjects:
Loan of works of art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Le Louvre s’invite chez Goya Musée Goya, Castres 8th February–21st September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Still life with figs, by Luis Egidio Meléndez. c.1760. Oil on canvas, 37 by 49 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Musée Goya, Castres; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
20. St Louis, king of France and a page, by El Greco. c.1585–90. Oil on canvas, 120 by 96.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Musée Goya, Castres; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Corot to Watteau? On the Trail of French Drawings
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 715-718
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Reviewer:
Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Vogtherr, Christoph Martin)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
subjects:
Drawings / French art / Provenance / Attribution
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Corot to Watteau? On the Trail of French Drawings 30th April–27th July Kunsthalle Bremen | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Study of Sancho for the tapestry Sancho brings the false Dulcinea to his Master, by Charles Joseph Natoire. c.1735. Red and white chalk on brown paper, 35.8 by 28.3 cm. (Kunsthalle Bremen).
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17. Two figure groups for the Massacre at Chios(?) and an equestrian study, by Eugène Delacroix. c.1824. Pencil and grey wash on paper, 23.8 by 28.6 cm. (Kunsthalle Bremen).
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18. Study for a portrait of Florentius Josephus van Ertborn, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. c.1804. Oil on panel, 30.2 by 21.9 cm. (Kunsthalle Bremen).
Exhibition Review
Wellington’s Dutch Masterpieces
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 713–15
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Reviewer:
Wenley, Robert (Wenley, Robert)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Apsley House, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Wellesley, Arthur, First Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852
subjects:
Dutch painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Wellington’s Dutch Masterpieces Apsley House 2nd April–21st December | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Dissolute household, by Jan Steen. c.1663. Oil on canvas, 80.5 by 89 cm. (Apsley House, London).
Attributed works:
14. Installation view of Wellington’s Dutch Masterpieces at Apsley House, London, 2025. (Courtesy Wellington Collection, Apsley House; photograph Christopher Ison).
Attributed works:
15. Installation view of Wellington’s Dutch Masterpieces at Apsley House, London, 2025, showing, in the centre, A musical party, by Pieter de Hooch. c.1675. Oil on canvas, 106 by 137 cm. (Courtesy Wellington Collection, Apsley House; photograph Christopher Ison).
Exhibition Review
Corpi Moderni. La costruzione del corpo nella Venezia del Rinascimento: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Dürer, Giorgione
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 710–13
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Rinaldi, Furio (Rinaldi, Furio)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
places:
Venice
subjects:
Anatomy / Renaissance art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Corpi Moderni. La costruzione del corpo nella Venezia del Rinascimento: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Dürer, Giorgione Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice 4th April–27th July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Nude selfportrait, by Albrecht Dürer. 1509. Pen, black ink and wash, heightened with white, on emerald-green paper, 29.5 by 15.5 cm. (Klassik Stiftung Weimar; exh. Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice; Scala, Florence).
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11. Proportional studies of a standing man (Vitruvian Man), by Leonardo da Vinci. c.1490–97. Pen and brown ink and wash over leadpoint, 34.3 by 24.5 cm. (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice).
Attributed works:
12. Sleeping Venus, by Girolamo da Treviso or the Monogrammist HIRT-TV. c.1515. Oil on canvas, 130 by 213 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; exh. Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice).
Exhibition Review
D’or et d’éclat: Le bijou à la Renaissance
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 707–10
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Reviewer:
Wisgrill, Stella (Wisgrill, Stella)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse, France
subjects:
Jewellery / Renaissance
Reviewed Items
subjects:
D’or et d’éclat: Le bijou à la Renaissance Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse 4th April–27th July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. Cup, by the workshop of Bernard Palissy. 1550–75. Glazed ceramic, 14.6 by 13.5 cm. (Musée national de la Renaissance – château d’Écouen; exh. Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse).
Attributed works:
9. Charles IX, by François Clouet. c.1570. Oil on panel, 36.2 by 25.4 cm. (Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse).
Western art unattributed:
7. Pendant in the form of a rooster. c.1590–1610. Gold, enamel, pearl, diamonds and rubies, 7.5 by 4.5 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; exh. Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse).
Exhibition Review
Mamluks, 1250–1517
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 705–707
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Reviewer:
Gigante, Federica (Gigante, Federica)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
subjects:
Mamluks (people)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Mamluks, 1250–1517 Musée du Louvre, Paris 30th April–28th July | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Descent from the Cross. Possibly Syria, first half of the 14th century. Slip-decorated earthenware with underglaze painting, diameter 31 cm. (Benaki Museum, Athens; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Shadowtheatre puppets depicting a ship and its crew. Egypt, possibly 15th century. Parchment, 65 by 46 cm. (Linden-Museum, Stuttgart; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Bottle decorated with lions in Chinese style. Egypt or Syria, mid- 14th century. Enamelled and gilded glass, height 39 cm. (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; exh. Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Chistian Krohg: Le peuple du Nord
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 702–705
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Reviewer:
Stevens, Maryanne (Stevens, Maryanne)
Subjects
artists:
Krohg, Christian
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
subjects:
Norwegian School
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chistian Krohg: Le peuple du Nord Musée d’Orsay, Paris 25th March–27th July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Karl Nordström, by Christian Krohg. 1882. Oil on canvas, 61 by 46.5 cm. (Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
2. Albertine i politilegens venteværelse, by Christian Krohg. 1885–87. Oil on canvas, 210 by 325.4 cm. (Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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3. Kobbegrunnen, by Christian Krohg. 1897. Oil on canvas, 140 by 200 cm. (Kode Bergen Art Museum; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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