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Book Review
Creative Gatherings: Meeting Places of Modernism
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 194
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Reviewer:
Holliday, Matthew (Holliday, Matthew)
Subjects
places:
Saint Ives / Florence / Zürich / Sussex
subjects:
Modernism / Colleges / Cultural history / Literature
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Creative Gatherings: Meeting Places of Modernism By Mary Ann Caws. 352 pp. incl. 133 col. + 78 b. & w. ills. (Reaktion Books, London, 2019), £25. ISBN 978–1–78914–055–2. | :
Exhibition Review
Francis Picabia. Zürich and New York
05/2017 | 1370 | 159
Pages: 428-430
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Reviewer:
Stark, Trevor (Stark, Trevor)
Subjects
artists:
Picabia, Francis
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States / Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
places:
Switzerland / United States / Zürich / New York
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
84. Udnie (young American girl; dance), by Francis Picabia. 1913 (Art Institute of Chicago; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Attributed works:
85. Parade amoureux, by Francis Picabia. 1917 (Neumann Family collection; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York)
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86. L'Oeil cacodylate, by Francis Picabia. 1921 (Centre Pompidou, Paris; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York)
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87. Spanish woman (Spanish woman with cigarette), by Francis Picabia. 1922 (Private collection; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York)
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88. Women with bulldog, by Francis Picabia. c.1941 (Centre Pompidou, Paris; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Exhibition Review
Europe in the Renaissance. Zurich
12/2016 | 1365 | 158
Pages: 999-1001
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Reviewer:
Nathan, Johannes (Nathan, Johannes)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1400-1599
museums and institutions:
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zürich, Switzerland
places:
Zürich / Switzerland
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Renaissance / Europe / European / Cultural history
Illustrations
Attributed works:
65. Self-portrait, by Tobias Stimmer. c.1563 (Peyer Tobias Stimmer Foundation and Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen; exh. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zurich)
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66. Map of the world, from an edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, published by Johannes Reger in Ulm, 1486 (Landesarchiv Glarus; exh. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zurich)
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67. Map of the world, by Lopo Homem (before 1497-after 1572). 1554 (Museo Galileo,Florence; exh. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zurich)
Exhibition Review
Dadaglobe reconstructed. Zürich and New York
08/2016 | 1361 | 158
Pages: 670-672
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Reviewer:
White, Michael (White, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Duchamp, Marcel
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States / Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
places:
Zürich / United States / Switzerland / New York
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
subjects:
Dada / Manifestoes / Artists' writings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
70. To Be Looked At (From the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close to, for Almost and Hour, by Marcel Duchamp. 1918 (Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Attributed works:
71. Dadaglobe solicitation letter to Alfred Vagts, signed by Tristan Tzara, Francis Picabia, George Ribemont-Dessaignes and Walter Serner. 1920 (Archivio Lafuente, Madrid; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York)
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72. The Punching Ball or the Immortality of Buonarroti, by Max Ernst. 1920 (The Bluff Collection; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York)
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73. Portrait of Sophie Taeuber with her Dada Head, by Nic. Aluf 1920 (Galerie Berinson, Berlin; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Exhibition Review
Chagall. Zurich and Liverpool
10/2013 | 1327 | 155
Pages: 725-727
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Reviewer:
Lodder, Christina (Lodder, Christina; L., C.; Lodder, Christina A.)
Subjects
artists:
Chagall, Marc
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, Great Britain / Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
places:
Zürich / Switzerland / Liverpool / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
92. Homage to Gogol, by Marc Chagall (Museum of Modern Art, New York; exh. Tate Liverpool)
Attributed works:
93. Homage to Apollinaire, by Marc Chagall (Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; exh. Tate Liverpool)
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94. Love on the stage, by Marc Chagall (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; exh. Tate Liverpool)
Exhibition Review
Indian painters, 1100–1900. Zürich and New York
01/2012 | 1306 | 154
Pages: 66-67
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Reviewer:
Carrier, David (Carrier, David)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1499 / 1500-1899
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
museums and institutions:
Museum Rietberg, Zürich, Switzerland
places:
New York / United States
places:
Switzerland / Zürich
print:
Indian painting
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Indian painting / Indian / Painters / Artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Wonder of the Age. Master Painters of India 1100–1900 | institution: Metropolitan Museum of Art , institution: Museum Rietberg
Illustrations
Attributed works:
93. The ‘gopis’ plead with Krishna to return their clothing, by the Master of the ‘Isarda’ Bhagavata Purana. Dehli–Agra, c.1560–65. Watercolour and ink on paper, 19.2 by 25.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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94. The marital bliss of Nala and Damayanti, folio from a Nala-Damayanti series, by Ranjha. Kangra, c.1800–10. Ink and watercolour on paper, 22.2 by 33.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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95. Emperor Babur returning late to camp, drunk after a boating party in celebration of the end of Ramadan in 1519, page from a Baburnama manuscript, by Farrukh Beg. Mughal, 1589. Watercolour on paper, 21 by 13 cm. (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Ivory from Ceylon. Zürich
04/2011 | 1297 | 153
Pages: 278-279
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Reviewer:
Trusted, Marjorie (Trusted, Marjorie)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum Rietberg, Zürich, Switzerland
places:
Zürich / Switzerland
places:
Sri Lanka / Portugal
print:
Ivory
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Ivory / Ivories / Diplomacy / East-West trade
subjects:
Sri Lankan
subjects:
Indian
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Elfenbein aus Ceylon. Luxusgüter für Katharina von Habsburg (1507–1578) | institution: Museum Rietberg
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
80. Casket. Sri Lanka, Kotte. 1543–55. Ivory with gold and gemstones, rubies and sapphires, 11.5 by 23.5 by 13 cm. (Private collection; exh. Museum Rietberg, Zürich).
Non-western art unattributed:
82. Fan. Sri Lanka, Kotte. 1540–55. Ivory, rubies and gold on wool, 57 cm. high. (Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich; exh. Museum Rietberg, Zürich).
Western art unattributed:
81. The elephant Hanno with two Indian trainers. Roman artist, 1514–16. Chalk and ink on paper, 27.8 by 28.5 cm. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. Museum Rietberg, Zürich).
Exhibition Review
Picasso. Zürich
02/2011 | 1295 | 153
Pages: 127-129
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Reviewer:
Beechey, James (Beechey, James)
Subjects
artists:
Picasso, Pablo
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
places:
Zürich / Switzerland
print:
Picasso, Pablo
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Picasso. His First Museum Exhibition 1932 | institution: Kunsthalle , institution: Kunsthaus Zürich
Illustrations
Attributed works:
58. The painter and his model, by Pablo Picasso. 1927. Canvas, 214 by 200 cm. (Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran; exh. Kunsthaus Zürich)
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60. Mandolin and guitar, by Pablo Picasso. Oil and sand on canvas, 140.7 by 200.3 cm. (Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York; exh. Kunsthaus Zürich)
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61. The yellow belt: Marie-Thérèse Walter, by Pablo Picasso. 1932. Canvas, 131 by 97 cm. (Nahmad Collection, Switzerland; exh. Kunsthaus Zürich)
Western art unattributed:
59. Installation view of Picasso's 1932 exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zürich. (Archives, Kunsthaus Zürich)
Book Review
Dada’s Women
07/2009 | 1276 | 151
Pages: 481-482
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Reviewer:
Radford, Robert (Radford, Robert)
Subjects
dates:
1910-1919 / 1920-1929
places:
Berlin / Paris / Zürich
print:
Dada
subjects:
Dada / Women / Women artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dada's Women | author: Hemus, Ruth
Illustrations
Attributed works:
48. Das schöne Mädchen (The beautiful girl), by Hannah Höch. 1919–20. Photomontage and collage, 35 by 29 cm. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Giacometti and Egypt. Berlin and Zürich
05/2009 | 1274 | 151
Pages: 338-340
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Reviewer:
Cardinal, Roger (Cardinal, Roger)
Subjects
artists:
Giacometti, Alberto
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland / Egyptian Museum, Berlin, Germany
places:
Berlin / Germany / Switzerland / Zürich
print:
Giacometti, Alberto
print:
Egyptian art
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Egyptian sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Giacometti, der Ägypter | institution: Egyptian Museum , institution: Kunsthaus Zürich
Illustrations
Attributed works:
67. Undated marginalia, by Alberto Giacometti, in L. Curtius: Aegypten und Vorderasien, Berlin 1923. (Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, Kunsthaus Zürich).
Attributed works:
68. Page of drawings of Akhenaten, by Alberto Giacometti. c.1921. Pencil, 29.9 by 38.4 cm. (Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Paris; exh. Kunsthaus Zürich).
Attributed works:
70. Cube, by Alberto Giacometti. 1933–34. Bronze, 94 by 54 by 59 cm. (Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, Kunsthaus Zürich).
Non-western art unattributed:
69. Statue of Senenmut. Egypt, c.1470 BC. Granite, 100.5 cm. high. (Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. Kunsthaus Zürich).
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