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Book Review
Escala: Escultura 1945–2000
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 219–220
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Reviewer:
Rudd, Natalie (Rudd, Natalie)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain
subjects:
Sculpture / Twentieth-century art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Escala: Escultura 1945–2000 Edited by Penelope Curtis, Manuel Fontán del Junco and Inés Vallejo. 388 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Fundación Juan March, Madrid, 2023), €39. ISBN 978–84–7075–684–9. | :
Exhibition Review
Making New Worlds: Li Yuanchia & Friends
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 201–205
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Reviewer:
Bolwell, Sarah (Bolwell, Sarah)
Subjects
artists:
Li, Yuan-chia / Nicholson, Winifred / Hepworth, Barbara / Hsiao Chin / Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis) / Goldsworthy, Andy / Gabo, Naum / Schendel, Mira / Tan, Aaron / Ndiritu, Grace
artists:
Lijn, Liliane / Wakely, Shelagh
museums and institutions:
Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge, Great Britain
subjects:
Twentieth-century art / Contemporary art
subjects:
Chinese art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Making New Worlds: Li Yuanchia & Friends Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge 11th November 2023–18th February 2024 | :
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Attributed works:
27. Road along the Roman wall (landscape with two houses), by Winifred Nicholson. 1926. Oil on canvas, 126.5 by 189.5 cm. (Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; courtesy Trustees of Winifred Nicholson).
Attributed works:
28. Installation view of Making New Worlds: Li Yuan-chia & Friends at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, 2023–24. (Photograph Jo Underhill).
Attributed works:
29. Untitled, by Li Yuan-chia. 1994. Hand-coloured photographic print, 40.5 by 43.5 cm. (Courtesy Li Yuan-chia Foundation; exh. Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge).
Book Review
The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1043-44
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Reviewer:
West, Emma (West, Emma)
Subjects
subjects:
English art / Twentieth-century art / World War (1914-1918)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars By Frances Spalding. 384 pp. incl. 147 col. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–0–500–51864–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Edge of Abruzzi: boat with three people on a lake, by Winifred Knights. 1924–30. Oil on canvas, 66.5 by 66.5 cm. (Courtesy Rediscovering Art by Women; Private collection).
Book Review
Jeremy Moon: Starlight Hour
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 674
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Reviewer:
Holman, Martin (Holman, Martin)
Subjects
artists:
Moon, Jeremy
subjects:
British art / Twentieth-century art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Jeremy Moon: Starlight Hour By Clarrie Wallis, Matthew Jeffrey Abrams and Sam Cornish. 345 pp. incl. 260 col. ills. (Luhring Augustine, New York, 2022), $75. ISBN 978–0–9982582–3–2. | :
Book Review
Gustave Buchet: Accusé de peindre
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 673-674
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Reviewer:
Deltour, Louis (Deltour, Louis)
Subjects
artists:
Buchet, Gustave
subjects:
Swiss art / Twentieth-century art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gustave Buchet: Accusé de peindre By Paul-André Jaccard. 272 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (5 Continents Editions, Milan, and Fondation Gustave Buchet, Lausanne, 2022), €45. ISBN 978–88–7439–995–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Mise au tombeau, by Gustave Buchet. 1918. Oil on canvas, 146 by 116 cm. (Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva).
Book Review
David Jones and the Craft of Theology: Becoming Beauty
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 728-729
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Reviewer:
Lepine, Ayla (Lepine, Ayla)
Subjects
artists:
Jones, David, 1895-1974
subjects:
British art / Christian iconography / Twentieth-century art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
David Jones and the Craft of Theology: Becoming Beauty By Elizabeth R. Powell. 168 pp. incl. 2 b. & w. ills. (Bloomsbury, London, 2020), £28.99. ISBN 978–0–567–69165–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Quia per Incarnati, by David Jones. c.1953. Watercolour and graphite on paper, 50 by 38 cm. (Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge).
Exhibition Review
Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945–1965
06/2022 | 1431 | 164
Pages: 615-619
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Reviewer:
Cranfield, Ben (Cranfield, Ben)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Barbican Art Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Twentieth-century art / Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Great Britain / Modern Art / Modernism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945–1965 Barbican Art Gallery, London 3rd March–26th June | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
29. Figure 59, by Magda Cordell. c.1958. Oil and acrylic on Masonite, 243.8 by 152.4 cm. (Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
30. Lee Miller in Hitler’s bath, by Lee Miller with David E. Scherman. 1945. Gelatin silver print from original negative, 40 by 30 cm. (Lee Miller Estate; exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
31. Mr Sebastian, by Francis Newton Souza. 1955. Oil on board, 78.8 by 63.5 cm. (Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi; © Estate of FN Souza; DACS 2021; courtesy Grosvenor Gallery, London; photograph Justin Piperger; exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
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32. Eleven persons and one donkey moving forward, by Franciszka Themerson. 1947. Oil on canvas, 68.6 by 83.8 cm. (© Themerson Estate; exh. Barbican Art Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Henry Scott Tuke
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 850-854
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Tuke, Henry Scott
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Watts Gallery, Compton , Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Twentieth-century art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Henry Scott Tuke Watts Gallery, Compton 7th June–12th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Summer dreams, by Henry Scott Tuke. 1919. Oil on canvas, 65 by 100 cm. (Private collection; exh. Watts Gallery, Compton).
Attributed works:
17. Sketch of a youth, preparatory study for Ruby, gold and malachite, by Henry Scott Tuke. c.1901–02. Pencil on paper, 35.5 by 28 cm. (Private collection; exh. Watts Gallery, Compton).
Attributed works:
18. The ship’s cook, by Henry Scott Tuke. 1886. Oil on canvas, 49 by 39 cm. (Hampshire Cultural Trust, Hampshire County Council Collections; exh. Watts Gallery, Compton).
Exhibition Review
Marine: Ian Hamilton Finlay
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 854-856
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Reviewer:
Thomas, Greg (Thomas, Greg)
Subjects
artists:
Finlay, Ian Hamilton
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Edinburgh City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Twentieth-century art / Poetry / Sculpture / Prints / Postcards
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Marine: Ian Hamilton Finlay City Art Centre, Edinburgh 22nd May–3rd October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Marine, by Ian Hamilton Finlay with Patrick Caulfield. 1968. Silkscreen, 51 by 64.2 cm. (City Art Centre, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
20. Battle of Midway I, by Ian Hamilton Finlay with Ron Costley. 1977. Silkscreen, 64 by 97 cm. (Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay, Dunsyre; exh. City Art Centre, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
Paula Rego
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 856-858
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Reviewer:
Hedley, Gill (Hedley, Gill)
Subjects
artists:
Rego, Paula
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Portuguese painting / Twentieth-century art / Women artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Paula Rego Tate Britain, London 7th July–24th October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. The cadet and his sister, by Paula Rego. 1988. Acrylic on paper on canvas, 214.3 by 152 cm. (Private collection; © Paula Rego; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
22. Interrogation, by Paula Rego. 1950. Oil on canvas, 50.5 by 61 cm. (Private collection; © Paula Rego; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
23. The artist in her studio, by Paula Rego. 1993. Acrylic on canvas, 180 by 130 cm. (Leeds Art Gallery; © Paula Rego; exh. Tate Britain, London; Bridgeman Images).
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