Objects in Exile: Modern Art and
Design across Borders, 1930–1960
By Robin Schuldenfrei. 352 pp. incl. 76 col. +
82 b. & w. ills. (Princeton University Press,
2024), £55. ISBN 978–0–691–23266–9. |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Isokon long chair, by Marcel Breuer. 1936.
Bent plywood and laminated birch veneers,
77.5 by 130 by 61.5 cm. (Harvard Art Museums).
Venice Biennale
Various locations, Venice
20th April–24th November |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Kissing my
foot, by Louis
Fratino. 2024.
Oil on canvas,
144.8 by 198.1
cm. (Courtesy
La Biennale
di Venezia;
photograph
Matteo de
Mayda; exh.
Central Pavilion,
Giardini, Venice).
Attributed works:
2. Installation
view of Stranieri
Ovunque –
Foreigners
Everywhere
at the Central
Pavilion, Giardini,
Venice, showing
25 works from
the series
Bambus, by
Ione Saldanha.
1960–70s. Acrylic
on bamboo,
dimensions
variable.
(Courtesy
La Biennale
di Venezia;
photograph
Matteo de
Mayda).
Attributed works:
3. Installation
view of Stranieri
Ovunque –
Foreigners
Everywhere at
the Arsenale,
Venice. (Courtesy
La Biennale
di Venezia;
photograph
Marco
Zorzanello).
1. Detail of David and Goliath, by Caravaggio, showing the head of
Goliath, believed to be a self-portrait of the artist. c.1609–10. Oil on
canvas, 125 by 101 cm. (Galleria Borghese, Rome; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. Rest on the flight into Egypt, by Caravaggio. 1597. Oil on
canvas, 135.5 by 166.5 cm. (Doria Pamphilj Gallery, Rome;
Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. The choice of Hercules, by Annibale Carracci. 1596. Oil on canvas, 167 by
237 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; Bridgeman Images).
Publication Received
Contemporary Iranian Art: From the Street to the Studio. By Talinn Grigor.