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Patrick Heron: A Life of Many Dimensions
Patrick Heron's daughters celebrate some lesser-known aspects of the painter's life and work
Amazement and Uneasiness: Early Thoughts
Should We Reproduce the Beauty of Decay? A Museumsleben in the work of Dieter Roth
The 1957 Rehang of °Õ²¹³Ù±ð’s Modern British Gallery: Displaying the Contemporary ‘British School’ in the Context of John Rothenstein’s Later Career
When °Õ²¹³Ù±ð’s modern British galleries reopened, refurbished and rehung, in 1957, the gallery’s Director John Rothenstein was entering the twilight …
Turn-of-the-Century Interiors
Constable's legacy and influence
Discover how Constable ensured the circulation and longevity of his masterpieces and explore his influence on later generations of artists
Transmission Coursework Guide
Discover works in which artists explore the complex ways humans spread thoughts and ideas
Magdalena Abakanowicz
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A Study in denim: Peter Blake
Upon its prize-winning appearance at the 1961 John Moores’ Exhibition in Liverpool, Peter Blake’s Self-Portrait with Badges 1961 rapidly became …
A kiss across the ages: Barnett Newman
The older man in the photograph was Barnett Newman, unexpectedly being kissed by the youngster Michael Auder. Carter Ratcliff looks …
In the freewheeling world of the mind: René Magritte II
The Belgian Surrealist remains an influential figure among contemporary artists. Tate Etc.’s Mariko Finch spoke to four admirers. One shares …
A graphic wake-up call: Etc. Essay: Inspired by Ernst
In 1933 the pioneering Surrealist Max Ernst created an extraordinary publication called Une semaine de bonté. Arguably the first …
The museum of tomorrow
Cedric Price said in 2003, ‘A twenty-first century museum will utilise calculated uncertainty and conscious incompleteness to produce a catalyst …
Merion, Meryon and Meryon
'If you can improve the corner of your street...': Art in the Middle East
Recent openings of art centres and national museums in Algiers, Alexandria, Doha and other cities in the Middle East and …
Vong Phaophanit’s Neon Rice Field: Towards a Microhistory of its Acquisition and Interpretation
This article examines °Õ²¹³Ù±ð’s acquisition and interpretation of artworks by Vong Phaophanit and his long-term collaborator, Claire Oboussier. Drawing on …
Kara Walker's Fons Americanus
Delve deeper into 2019's Hyundai Commission by Kara Walker
Artistic Responses to the Lebanese Wars
Next-to-nothing
In 1935 Gertrude Stein wrote that in a painting there should be "no air...no feeling of air". As Steven Connor …
The Art of Comedy
Is it okay to laugh in galleries and how have artists used humour in their work?