Tag: modernism
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Suzanne Valadon
This retrospective brings the acclaimed and trailblazing, but nearly forgotten French modernist artist back into view
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Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism
The RA turns over its grand halls to an erudite, even academic look at half a century of Brazilian painting. There are some interesting finds amid the abundance
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In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s
A touring exhibition of art from Ukraine’s national museums captures the country’s distinctive contribution to the early 20th-century avant garde
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Passions of the North
The inaugural exhibition in this repurposed grain silo presents works from the Tangen Collection, demonstrating the markedly different styles of Nordic modern artists
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Double Weave: Bourne and Allen’s Modernist Textiles
Partners in life and work, they supplied fabrics to Heal’s and Liberty, as well as for the film Ben-Hur and the interior of the Royal Festival Hall, yet Hilary Bourne and Barbara Allen are largely forgotten. This show makes clear…
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Dreams and Stories: Modern Pre-Raphaelite Visionaries
An exhibition that educates and enchants in equal measure, showcasing works by the ‘third wave’ pre-Raphaelites, who explored the spiritual, the subconscious, the social and the symbolist
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William Corwin – interview: ‘Marguerite Louppe experimented with ways to produce her own vision of the world’
Married to the more well-known artist Maurice Brianchon, Louppe has long been overlooked. William Corwin, who, with Rosenberg & Co, has co-curated her first solo show in NY and her largest to date, explains how and why he has brought…
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Fausto Melotti: Theatre
The fascinating Italian modernist discovers his humanity through theatre.
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Nick Hornby – interview: ‘Liquefied photography is magical and mysterious’
Nick Hornby talks about his shift from art history to personal histories, and combining analogue and digital processes to create photo-sculptural objects
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Persia Reframed: Iranian Visions of Modern and Contemporary Art by Fereshteh Daftari – book review
This is a valuable guide to the history of the reception of modern and contemporary Iranian art in the west, offering a broad outlook on cultural interactions between Iran and major American cultural institutions in the past three decades
