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The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham

10/2024 | 1459 | 166

Pages: 1077–9

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Hillyard, Helen (Hillyard, Helen)

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dates:

2020-2030

museums and institutions:

Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Great Britain

subjects:

Art museums / Regional Museums / University museums

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The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham From 22nd June | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

25. Abd-al Wāhid bin Mas’ūd bin Muhammed bin ‘Anūrī, Moroccan Ambassador to Elizabeth I. 1600. Oil on panel, 113 by 87.6 cm. (Research and Cultural Collections, University of Birmingham; exh. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham).

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26. Deposition, by the circle of Rogier van der Weyden. c.1450. Oil on panel, centre panel 53.3 by 42.8 cm.; wings 52.5 by 16.7 cm. (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham).

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27. Protection, by Claudette Johnson. 2024. Oil, oil pastel and soft pastel in gesso on primed watercolour paper, 154 by 122 cm. (© Claudette Johnson; courtesy the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London; exh. Barber Institute of Arts, Birmingham).

Editorial

Money, money, Monet

05/2018 | 1382 | 160

Pages: 367

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Subjects

artists:

Monet, Claude / Picasso, Pablo / Hockney, David / Ai Weiwei

dates:

2010-2019

museums and institutions:

National Gallery, London, Great Britain / Tate Modern, London, Great Britain / Tate Britain, London, Great Britain / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / York City Art Gallery, York, Great Britain / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany

places:

Great Britain / Germany / United States

subjects:

National museums / Regional Museums / Admission fees (museums) / Finaldi, Gabriele / MacGregor, Neil (N. M.), London , Great Britain

Editorial

Britain’s Lost Masterpieces

11/2017 | 1376 | 159

Pages: 879

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collectors and dealers:

Grosvenor, Bendor

subjects:

Television / Lost works / Regional Museums / Conservation

Editorial

Reflected glory: university art collections in Britain

08/2017 | 1373 | 159

Pages: 599

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Subjects

places:

Great Britain / England

subjects:

Editorials / Collections, Public / Universities / University museums / Regional Museums / Acquisitions / Funding

Supplement

Recent acquisitions (2007–17) by regional university collections in Britain

08/2017 | 1373 | 159

Pages: 677-688

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dates:

2000-2009 / 2010-2019

subjects:

Collections, Public / University museums / Universities / Regional Museums / Acquisitions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

I. Portrait of Maria Marow Gideon (1767-1834) and her brother, William (1775-1805), by Sir Joshua Reynolds. 1786-87 (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham)

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II. Nude, Miss Bentham, by George Bellows. 1906 (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham)

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III. Sheet of caricature heads, by Agostino Carracci. 1594 (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham)

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IV. Portrait of Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne (1710-1746), by Rosalba Carriera. Probably 1731 (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham)

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IX. The Highgate Ponds album, by Keith Vaughan. 1933 (Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries)

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V. The death of Archbishop Sharpe, by John Opie. 1797 (University of St Andrews)

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VI. Le petit monde, by Ethel Leontine Gabain. 1922 (Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries)

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VII. In the tube, by John Copley. 1930s/1940s (Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries)

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VIII. Still life, by Giorgio Morandi. 1954 (Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich)

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X. Primrose Hill - winter, by Frank Auerbach. 1981/82 (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham)

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XI. Assembly of figures I, by Keith Vaughan. 1950 (Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich)

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XII. Front runner, by Dame Elisabeth Frink. 1987 (Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool)

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XIII. Head of Gerda Boehm, by Frank Auerbach. 1964 (Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich)

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XIV. First flight, by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. 2015 (University of Leeds Art Collection)

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XIX. Composition, by Philip King. 1995 (University of Hertfordshire Art Collection)

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XV. Great Goxhill, Lincolnshire, by John Piper. 1947 (University of Hull Art Collection)

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XVI. Dark fields, Essex, by William Crozier. 1960 (Bishop Otter Gallery, Chichester)

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XVII. Entrapped, by Robin Philipson. Mid-20th century (University of St Andrews)

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XVIII. Toppesfield Farm, by Keith Vaughan. 1972 (University of Hull Art Collection)

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XX. Zibra, by Caroline Achaintre. 2011 (University of Hertfordshire Art Collection)

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XXI. Nocturne to the city, by Maurice Cockrill. 1979-80 (Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool)

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XXII. Jerusalem, by Cornelia Parker. 2015 (The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester)

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XXIII. Ten thousand waves, by Isaac Julien. 2010 (The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester)

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XXIV. Sign for art (stelae 2014), by Keith Wilson. 2014 (University of Leeds Art Collection)

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XXIX. Match head: Buddha in yellow, by David Mach. 2007 (University of St Andrews)

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XXV. A spire, by Simon Fujiwara. 2015 (University of Leeds Art Collection)

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XXVI. Mountain, by Victoria Morton. 2016 (University of Warwick Art Collection)

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XXVII. Model of Tatlin's tower, by Jeremy Dixon. 2011 (Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich)

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XXVIII. Exfoliating curve lines (total cushioning), by Helen Marten. 2014 (Co-owned by Manchester City Galleries, The Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, the Walker Art Gallery and the Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool)

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XXX. Southern light station II, by Noemie Goudal. 2015 (University of Hertfordshire Art Collection)

Attributed works:

XXXI. Gwari casserole, by Michael Cardew. c.1790 (Aberystwyth School of Art Museum and Galleries, Aberystwyth)

Editorial

Museums in need

08/2015 | 1349 | 157

Pages: 519-520

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subjects:

Editorials / Displays / Galleries (display spaces) / Hanging (installation technique) / Exhibitions / Museum extensions / Acquisitions / Regional Museums / Arts funding

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Recent acquisitions (2010–15) by British regional museums. Supported by the Michael Marks Charitable Trust

08/2015 | 1349 | 157

Pages: 585-596

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Subjects

dates:

2010-2019

places:

Great Britain

subjects:

Collections, Public / Acquisitions / Regional Museums / British

Illustrations

Attributed works:

I. John Earle of Heydon and his wife Sarah, by Sir Peter Lely. Mid-1650s (Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery)

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II. Portrait of Dr John Ash, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. 1788 (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery)

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III. Portrait of Matthew Jefferys, by John Russell. 1775 (Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum)

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IV. David Garrick and Mrs Cibber as Jaffier and Belvidera in 'Venice Preserv'd' by Johann Zoffany. 1762 (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle)

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IX. Women washing clothes under Wetherby Bridge, Yorkshire, looking through the Bridge to the mills, by Thomas Girtin. c.1800 (Leeds Art Gallery)

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V. In the orchard, by James Guthrie. 1885-86 (Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow)

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VI. Glasgow Fair, by John Knox. c.1819-22 (Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow)

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VII. Lowther Castle, Westmorland, the Seat of the Earl of Lonsdale: North-West View from Ulleswater Lanc: Evening, by J.M.W. Turner. c.1809-10 (Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle)

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VIII. The Mouth of the Avon, near Bristol, seen from the Cliffs below Seawalls, by J.M.W. Turner. 1791 or 1792 (Bristol Museum & Art Gallery)

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X. Portrait of the artist and his wife, by John Macdonald Aiken. 1910 (Aberdeen Art Gallery)

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XI. 'Where the silence is more than all tunes, where sleep overflows from the heart', by Maxwell Ashby Armfield. 1902 (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery)

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XII. Farmstead at Blackdown Hills, by Robert Bevan. c.1916 (Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove)

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XIII. The artist's mother in bed, by Harold Gilman. c.1917 (Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove)

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XIV. Portrait of a woman: head resting on one hand, by Edgar Degas. Cast after 1918 (Leeds Art Gallery)

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XIX. Winged figure, by Barbara Hepworth. 1961-62 (The Hepworth, Wakefield)

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XV. Still life, by Maurice de Vlaminck. 1914 (Graves Gallery, Sheffield)

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XVI. Portrait of an old lady, by Harold Gilman. c.1912 (Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove)

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XVII. Still life by the fire, by William Ratcliffe. c.1914 (Manchester Art Gallery)

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XVIII. Portrait of Barbara Hepworth, by Ethel Walker. c.1920 (The Hepworth, Wakefield)

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XX. Painting 60/75, by John Wells. 1960-75 (Pallant House Gallery, Chichester)

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XXI. Crab, by Bernard Meadows. 1980 (The Hepworth, Wakefield)

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XXII. Musicians at Marrakech, by Keith Vaughan. 1966-70 (Pallant House Gallery, Chichester)

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XXIII. Blue, black, white, by Terry Frost. 1960-61 (Pallant House Gallery, Chichester)

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XXIV. Still life with orange note, by William Scott. 1970 (Ulster Museum, Belfast)

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XXIX. Back to, by Marlene Dumas. 2011 (Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle)

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XXV. Bottle and fish slice, by William Scott. 1949 or 1950 (Victoria Art Gallery, Bath)

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XXVI. A ton of tea, by Ai Weiwei. 2007 (Bristol Museum & Art Gallery)

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XXVII. Head of E.O.W. III, by Frank Auerbach. 1963-64 (Manchester Art Gallery)

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XXVIII. E.O.W. looking into the fire II, by Frank Auerbach. 1962 (The Hepworth, Wakefield)

Attributed works:

XXX. DAMAGE (no. 3 from a series of 9), by William Doherty. 2014 (Ulster Museum, Belfast)

Attributed works:

XXXI. Present party for you, by Fiona Rae. 2012 (Leeds Art Gallery)

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XXXII. Leafy self portrait, by John Byrne. 2011 (Aberdeen Art Gallery)

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XXXIII. Tropopause, by Paul Morrison. 2012 (Graves Gallery, Sheffield)

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XXXIV. Tyger Tyger, by Paul Nash. c.1938 (Pallant House Gallery, Chichester)

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XXXV. Funnelled hole, by Clare Woods. 2011 (Southampton City Art Gallery)

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XXXVI. Red orbits, by Grazia Toderi. 2009 (The New Art Gallery, Walsall)

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XXXVII. Rough times, by Susan Hiller. 2010 (Manchester Art Gallery)

Attributed works:

XXXVIII. Pretty much every film and video work from about 1992 until now, by Douglas Gordon. 1999 (Glasgow Museums)

Editorial

Regional museums: mixed signals

12/2012 | 1317 | 154

Pages: 827

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subjects:

Editorials / Arts funding / Regional Museums / Art museums / Museums / Acquisitions / Exhibitions / Art history / Universities

Editorial

Cut and cut again

03/2011 | 1296 | 153

Pages: 147

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Subjects

places:

United Kingdom / Great Britain

print:

Arts funding

subjects:

Editorials

subjects:

Arts funding / Museum policy / Museums / Regional Museums / National museums / Government

Supplement

Sculpture acquisitions (2000–10) by regional museums in Britain

11/2010 | 1292 | 152

Pages: 770-771

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Subjects

dates:

2000-2009 / 2010-2019

museums and institutions:

City Art Gallery, Leeds, Great Britain / Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, Great Britain / Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, Great Britain / Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Great Britain / Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, Great Britain / Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, Great Britain / Art Gallery and Museum, Aberdeen, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, Great Britain

places:

Great Britain / England / Scotland

places:

Leeds / Middlesbrough / Sheffield / Manchester / Southampton / Glasgow / Aberdeen

print:

Sculpture

subjects:

Sculpture / Acquisitions / Regional Museums / Collections, Public

Illustrations

Attributed works:

I. Flenite relief, by Jacob Epstein. 1913. Serpentine stone, 30.5 by 28 by 9 cm. Leeds Art Gallery. Purchased with the aid of grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund, the MLA/V. & A. Purchase Grant Fund and the Leeds Art Collections Fund, 2006.

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II. Birdman, by Elisabeth Frink. c.1956/59. Plaster, 190.5 by 58 by 83 cm. Leeds Art Gallery. Presented by Beaux Arts and the Frink Estate through the Art Fund, 2010.

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III. Kiss, by Marc Quinn. 2001. Macedonian marble, 178 by 64.5 by 62.5 cm. Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield. Purchased through the Art Fund, the MLA/V. & A. Purchase Grant Fund, the JG Graves Charitable Trust, and a donation in memory of Harold and Doris Turner, 2004.

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IV. Filter, by Antony Gormley. 2002. Flat mild steel rings, 193 by 50 by 38 cm. Manchester City Art Gallery. Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund and the Livingstone and Bloom Charitable Trusts, 2008.

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IX. Eclipse, by Langlands & Bell. 1999. Wood, steel and lacquer, 76 by 520 by 250 cm. Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. Gift of the artists, 2007.

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V. Sandstone, by Andy Goldsworthy. 1987. Red sandstone, 5 pieces, dimensions variable. Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. Gift of Dr Terry Friedman, 2007.

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VI. ‘I Like to get my loving when I get it on my mind’, by Mat Collishaw. 2003. Loop video projection, wood and ground glass screen, 182 by 168 by 26 cm. Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow. Purchased from Galerie Cosmic, Paris, with funds from the National Collecting Scheme for Scotland with additional grants from the Art Fund and the National Fund for Acquisitions, 2003.

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VII. Flailing trees, by Gustav Metzger. 2009. Willow trees, concrete, 338 by 440 by 520 cm. Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, Whitworth Art Gallery and Cube for the Manchester International Festival in 2009. Purchased from the artist by the Whitworth Art Gallery, 2009.

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VIII. Blackout, by Eva Rothschild. 2007. Lacquered beech wood and acrylic (Perspex), 107 by 48 by 48 cm. Southampton City Art Gallery. Purchased from Stuart Shave/Modern Art through the David and Liza Brown Bequest Fund with grants from the Art Fund and the MLA/V. & A. Purchase Grant Fund, 2008.

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X. Habitat, by Gavin Turk. 2004. Painted bronze, 7 by 170 by 70 cm. Aberdeen Art Gallery. Purchased with aid from the National Fund for Acquisitions, the Art Fund and with funds from the National Collecting Scheme for Scotland, which is operated by the Contemporary Art Society and supported by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council, 2004.

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