Facing The Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900 (National Gallery)
I’ve always thought that the National Gallery could have a better temporary exhibition space – but this time its underground location was less of a weakness and more of a metaphor. For if history tells...
View ArticleThe Visual Brain and the Straight Line
Caroline Villers Research Fellowship Lecture: How our Visual Brains Interpret Painted Lines Tuesday, 4 February 2014, Dr Pia Gottschaller (Caroline Villers Research Fellow 2012-13) Reflecting the...
View ArticleVladimir Baranov-Rossiné (1888-1944): From Cubism to Surrealism (St...
The Sphinx of St Petersburg(1909) © St Petersburg Gallery If every ground-floor window on Cork Street is alive with the lure of artworks, St Petersburg Gallery’s is ablaze with a kaleidoscope of...
View ArticleFlip, Linger, Glide: The Movements of Magazine Pictures and Their Publics c....
Coles Phillips, cover design, Good Housekeeping, February 1915 Jennifer Greenhill’s talk focused on the illustrations of early 20th -century female periodicals, especially the work of American...
View ArticleExhibit ‘A.’ Russian Art: Collections, Exhibitions and Archives, 21-22 March 20
Ilia Repin, Portrait of Pavel Tretyakov, 1901 (detail). Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Organised by the Cambridge Courtauld Russian Art Centre (CCRAC) in collaboration with the Moscow Lomonosov State...
View ArticleThe Quintessential Billie Holiday
Photo: Syd Shelton Professor Carol Tulloch’s talk The Quintessential Billie Holiday explored the different ‘style narratives’ created by the famous jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915-59) during her...
View ArticleFrom the Forest to the Sea: Emily Carr in British Columbia (Dulwich Picture...
Emily Carr, In the Forest, B.C., c. 1935, oil on paper, mounted on multi-ply paperboard, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Bequest of Professor Kathleen Coburn, 2004, 2004/128 From the Forest to the Sea...
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