Archive

  • New work by Bill Henson

    Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 8 January-3 April 2005

  • Childe Hassam (1859-1935)

    ‘Childe Hassam (1859-1935) chronicled New York City and New England during the turn of the 20th century. One of the most prolific and successful painters of his time and place, Hassam produced an estimated 30 to 40 canvases a season.…

  • Tate plans massive expansion

    Tate Plans Massive Expansion Tate Modern has announced a plan to expand by some 50%, to establish a new and thriving cultural ‘quartier’ in South London. The project could cost as much as £135 million. Herzog and de Meuron, the…

  • August Strindberg: a writer paints

    The effect of the present exhibition at Tate Modern, ‘August Strindberg: painter, photographer, writer’, is to most cultural enthusiasts, simply and profoundly stimulating. Here was a famous writer (for the most part) and participant in the intellectual ferment which at…

  • Spiralling Downwards

    The announcement was made in autumn 2004 that the extension to the Victoria and Albert Museum, known as the ‘Spiral’ – hard-won and much praised by the gallery world – was to be cancelled. Once again, the primary reason was…

  • Olympic Uplift

    British efforts to secure a commitment to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games came from London, with the February 2005 presentation to the Olympic Committee held before that of Paris. The razzmatazz for London seemed energetic but somewhat forced, although…

  • Museum Stress

    The February 2005 strike by staff at the Science Museum in London was more concerned with future plans for all museums, although it represented major concerns by staff. The 2.5% rise offered in February did not really placate everyone and…

  • Louvre Footloose

    There is a plan to locate a Louvre II in the less prosperous area of Northern France. Two towns have been nominated; Valenciennes and Lens, as well as Calais, Boulogne, Amiens and Arras. Louvre II will house over 500 works…

  • Little Sparta Top Ranking

    In a recent survey conducted by a Scottish Sunday paper, Ian Hamilton Finlay’s renowned garden of sculpture and conceptual art, ‘Little Sparta’, came top. A UK-wide poll, taken in the aftermath of the run-up to this year’s Turner Prize, had…

  • Jannis Kounellis: Modern Art Oxford. 15 December-20 March 2005

    Jannis Kounellis: Modern Art Oxford. 15 December-20 March 2005 This quasi-retrospective exhibition of the work of Jannis Kounellis is a remarkable opportunity to assess the continuing significance of this outstanding artist. Born in 1936, he has been described by some…

  • The Art of Romare Bearden

    Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 14 October 2004-9 January 2005 High Museum of Art, Atlanta 29 January-24 April 2005

  • Archilab: New Experiments in Architecture, Art and the City, 1950-2005

    Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 21 December 2004-13 March 2005

  • Book review: Landscape Design and the Experience of Motion

    Conan points out how much attention to the experience of motion rules out the picturesque aesthetic, still dominant in landscape design. At the heart of such new approaches to landscape design come the designs of Bernard Lassus in France, and…

  • Artists’ Estates: Reputations in Trust

    Magda Salvesen and Diane Cousineau (eds). New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London: Rutgers University Press, 2005 ISBN 0813536049 Artists, like everyone else, die leaving legacies and estates, which they hope can safeguard both their living relatives and other beneficiaries, as…

  • William Orpen at the Imperial War Museum

    William Orpen is currently up for reappraisal and the Imperial War Museum has started to make a name for itself in this way. Firstly, there was the superb Eric Ravilious exhibition last year. Now, Orpen has been rescued from the…

  • Christo’s Wrappings

    Now that the ‘The Gates’ are all dissembled in Central Park (and no doubt carefully stored while their value accumulates – what price one or two ‘Gates’?), it is useful here at Studio to reflect on the artists’ previous works.…

  • Moving Horizons: The Landscape Architecture of Kathryn Gustafson and Partners – book review

    Jane Amidon. Birkhauser, 2005 ISBN 3764324252

  • Turner Whistler Monet

    Tate Britain, London 10 February-15 May 2005

  • The Art Olympics – The Eighth Shanghai Art Fair

    Rather than merely focusing on art works which cater to the masses, the Eighth Shanghai Art Fair has again divided its exhibition contents into two different categories, in an effort to raise the level of artistic content of the Fair…

  • P.S.1, MoMA, New York

    Manny Farber: About Face 27 September-10 January 2005

  • Art in the Making: Degas

    National Gallery, London 10 November 2004-30 January 2005

  • Book review: William Scott

    Norbert Lynton. London: Thames & Hudson, 2004 £40, ISBN 0-500-976376 William Scott (1913-89) enjoyed a long and highly successful creative life and, in the opinion of some commentators on British art, he was the most significant painter of his generation.…

  • Raphael: From Urbino to Rome

    National Gallery, London 20 October 2004-16 January 2005

  • Raphael – Architect (Raffaello Santi)

    From Urbino to Rome National Gallery, London 20 October 2004-16 January 2005