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'The V&A’s autumn exhibition Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery, will be the first in more than half a century devoted to this beautiful embroidery work, coveted by kings and popes – and for the first time in decades, the museum has dared to use Latin in an exhibition title. It means “English work”, and curator Glyn Davies said it demonstates how across Europe, people associated the dazzling skill and luxurious materials with English needle-workers.' (Kennedy, 26/4/16). Needlepoint, England, Quilts, Antiquities, Medieval Embroidery, Renaissance Embroidery, Stumpwork, Medieval, Embroidered
All that glitters: V&A to show rare relics of England's finest embroidery
'The V&A’s autumn exhibition Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery, will be the first in more than half a century devoted to this beautiful embroidery work, coveted by kings and popes – and for the first time in decades, the museum has dared to use Latin in an exhibition title. It means “English work”, and curator Glyn Davies said it demonstates how across Europe, people associated the dazzling skill and luxurious materials with English needle-workers.' (Kennedy, 26/4/16).
'Details were announced on Tuesday of a show for next year at Tate Britain in London marking the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of male homosexuality in Britain.' (Brown, 19/4/16). David Hockney, John Singer Sargent, Berenice Abbott, Duncan James, Duncan Grant, Hockney, Duncan, British Art, Tate Britain
Queer British Art show leads Tate 2017 programme
'Details were announced on Tuesday of a show for next year at Tate Britain in London marking the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of male homosexuality in Britain.' (Brown, 19/4/16).
'What the early conceptual artists wanted to do was expand the definition of art, to blow the bloody doors off the venerable white cube of the gallery. Impure and fluid, worldly and engaged, in many ways conceptual art was a philosophical quest: a search for a vanishing point, for the outer limits of what might constitute a work of art.' (Laing, 9/4/16). Conceptual Art, History, Art, Exhibition, Feminist Artist, Artist, Art Exhibition, Conceptual, Harrison
Conceptual art: why a bag of rubbish is not just a load of garbage
'What the early conceptual artists wanted to do was expand the definition of art, to blow the bloody doors off the venerable white cube of the gallery. Impure and fluid, worldly and engaged, in many ways conceptual art was a philosophical quest: a search for a vanishing point, for the outer limits of what might constitute a work of art.' (Laing, 9/4/16).
'Worn beneath our clothes, underwear has been literally hidden from history. People often either take it for granted, or don’t like to talk about it, especially men, as Ehrman discovered when she tried to talk to modern men about their underwear during the course of researching her exhibition.' (Worsley, 16/4/16). Men's Swimwear, Men's Underwear, Victoria, Aussiebum, Hot Cowboys, Country Men, Guys, Australian Boys, Men
Brief encounters: Undressed at the V&A
'Worn beneath our clothes, underwear has been literally hidden from history. People often either take it for granted, or don’t like to talk about it, especially men, as Ehrman discovered when she tried to talk to modern men about their underwear during the course of researching her exhibition.' (Worsley, 16/4/16).
'She is the first woman to be in charge since it opened in 2000 ... ' (Higgins, 16/4/16). Portrait, Courtauld Institute, Museum Of Modern Art, Mary Martin, Sonia Delaunay, Director, Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Gallery, Morris
Tate Modern's Frances Morris: ‘If it rained I went to the museum. That had a huge impact'
'She is the first woman to be in charge since it opened in 2000 ... ' (Higgins, 16/4/16).
'Boxers, briefs, corsets, thermals, slips and bras – the contents of the nation’s smalls drawer will be spilled at Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear, the biggest exhibition of underwear ever to go on display, which opens on 16 April at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.' (Cochrane, 13/4/16). Queen Victoria, Museums, Fashion, Victoria London, Victoria And Albert Museum, Exhibit, Museum
Underwear goes on show at the Victoria and Albert Museum
'Boxers, briefs, corsets, thermals, slips and bras – the contents of the nation’s smalls drawer will be spilled at Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear, the biggest exhibition of underwear ever to go on display, which opens on 16 April at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.' (Cochrane, 13/4/16).
'Tate Modern’s vast £260m extension will open this summer as the gallery places greater focus on international art and – the new director’s avowed aim – women.' (Brown, 14/4/16). London, Tops, Tate Modern Extension, South Bank, Modern, Tate Modern
The new Tate Modern: more space, seats … and women
'Tate Modern’s vast £260m extension will open this summer as the gallery places greater focus on international art and – the new director’s avowed aim – women.' (Brown, 14/4/16).
'It is easy to forget just how original the Sleeping Venus was. For such a pose and composition there was no precedent in the art of antiquity, or in Italian painting up to that date. Botticelli’s graceful nudes are partially draped and fully antique, yet none recline like Giorgione’s ... Giorgione was the first to paint such a figure in such a pose, simply for the beauty of it.' (Stonard, 11/3/16). Leonardo Da Vinci, Venus, Renaissance Art, Erotic Art, Renaissance Paintings, Giorgio Vasari, High Renaissance, Botticelli, Art Érotique
He was one of the greatest of all Venetian artists, but who was Giorgione?
'It is easy to forget just how original the Sleeping Venus was. For such a pose and composition there was no precedent in the art of antiquity, or in Italian painting up to that date. Botticelli’s graceful nudes are partially draped and fully antique, yet none recline like Giorgione’s ... Giorgione was the first to paint such a figure in such a pose, simply for the beauty of it.' (Stonard, 11/3/16).
'Elsewhere in the first room of Botticelli Reimagined, Venus does occasionally deign to get dressed. Photographs from Dolce & Gabbana’s spring/summer collection of 1993 are a reminder of how the Italian design duo once photo-printed sections from the goddess’s face and body on to fabric.' (Hughes, 5/3/16). Couture, Catwalk, Vintage, Design, Haute Couture, Dolce Gabbana Dress, Dolce And Gabbana Runway, Sandro Botticelli, Vintage Couture
Destination Venus: how Botticelli became a brand
'Elsewhere in the first room of Botticelli Reimagined, Venus does occasionally deign to get dressed. Photographs from Dolce & Gabbana’s spring/summer collection of 1993 are a reminder of how the Italian design duo once photo-printed sections from the goddess’s face and body on to fabric.' (Hughes, 5/3/16).
'The Freudian theory that her flower paintings were actually close studies of the female vulva were first put forward in 1919 by Alfred Stieglitz, the photographer who first promoted O’Keeffe’s work and later became her husband.  Barson said she hoped the Tate retrospective would illustrate how this “cliched interpretation”, written almost 100 years ago and perpetuated by male art critics at the time, was “gendered and outdated”.' (Ellis-Petersen, 1/3/16). Alfred Stieglitz, O Keeffe Paintings, Georgia O Keeffe Paintings, Fine Art, Georgia O'keefe Art, O Keeffe, Toile, Georgia O Keeffe, Georgia Okeefe
Flowers or vaginas? Georgia O’Keeffe Tate show to challenge sexual cliches
'The Freudian theory that her flower paintings were actually close studies of the female vulva were first put forward in 1919 by Alfred Stieglitz, the photographer who first promoted O’Keeffe’s work and later became her husband. Barson said she hoped the Tate retrospective would illustrate how this “cliched interpretation”, written almost 100 years ago and perpetuated by male art critics at the time, was “gendered and outdated”.' (Ellis-Petersen, 1/3/16).
' “We also want to make the point that behind all of it, there is a very serious and inquiring intelligence at work from the very beginning. Everything he does is about engaging with and questioning what art is about, how can you capture the real world and time and space in a flat picture." ' (Stephens in Brown, 22/2/16). Inspiration, New Artists
David Hockney show will be one of Tate Britain's biggest ever
' “We also want to make the point that behind all of it, there is a very serious and inquiring intelligence at work from the very beginning. Everything he does is about engaging with and questioning what art is about, how can you capture the real world and time and space in a flat picture." ' (Stephens in Brown, 22/2/16).
'You certainly can’t leave the National Gallery’s exhibition about the cult of the Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix without realising his Bowie-like status in the minds of rebels from Paul Cézanne to Vincent van Gogh, from Gustave Courbet to Henri Matisse.' (Jones, 15/2/16). Pierre Auguste Renoir, Musée Du Louvre, Eugène Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix, Claude Monet, Renoir, Odilon Redon, Louvre Paris
Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art review – a show about hero worship without a hero
'You certainly can’t leave the National Gallery’s exhibition about the cult of the Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix without realising his Bowie-like status in the minds of rebels from Paul Cézanne to Vincent van Gogh, from Gustave Courbet to Henri Matisse.' (Jones, 15/2/16).
'Vogue has long played a role in defining the image of powerful women, in Britain and abroad. Think how The Devil Wears Prada, and the mythology of Anna Wintour that it riffed upon, has set the gold standard for our notions of how powerful women should look and behave.' (Cartner-Morley, 9/2/16). Grace Kelly, Films, Queen Of Hearts, Lady Diana Spencer, Princes Diana, Princess Of Wales, Lady Di, Diana Spencer, Film
Vogue at 100: models in the blitz, Diana with a tiara and the Kate Moss creation myth
'Vogue has long played a role in defining the image of powerful women, in Britain and abroad. Think how The Devil Wears Prada, and the mythology of Anna Wintour that it riffed upon, has set the gold standard for our notions of how powerful women should look and behave.' (Cartner-Morley, 9/2/16).
'Just as the National Gallery and the Tates are the official repositories for Britain’s collection of pre-20th-century paintings and modern and contemporary art, the British Museum is the keeper of the nation’s works on paper. The unique thing about the prints and drawings department, though, is that its holdings are available to any member of the public for private scrutiny ... ' (Prodger, 22/1/16). British, Outdoor, Rome, Romulus Fc, Landscape, Art Design
On the paper trail: why today's artists are giving their works to the British Museum
'Just as the National Gallery and the Tates are the official repositories for Britain’s collection of pre-20th-century paintings and modern and contemporary art, the British Museum is the keeper of the nation’s works on paper. The unique thing about the prints and drawings department, though, is that its holdings are available to any member of the public for private scrutiny ... ' (Prodger, 22/1/16).
'From Giverny, Monet could hear the guns of the first world war as he painted. He conceived his towering series of nearly abstract water lilies canvases as his response to the carnage. “Yesterday I resumed work,” he wrote in December 1914. “It’s the best way to avoid thinking of these sad times. All the same, I feel ashamed to think about my little researches into form and colour while so many people are suffering and dying for us.” ' (Cromption, 15/1/16). Irises, Peonies, Monet, Matisse, Art Works, Botanical Illustration, Dahlia
Flower power: the gardens that caused modern art to bloom
'From Giverny, Monet could hear the guns of the first world war as he painted. He conceived his towering series of nearly abstract water lilies canvases as his response to the carnage. “Yesterday I resumed work,” he wrote in December 1914. “It’s the best way to avoid thinking of these sad times. All the same, I feel ashamed to think about my little researches into form and colour while so many people are suffering and dying for us.” ' (Cromption, 15/1/16).