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John Gibson and the Anglo-Italian Sculpture Market in Rome: Letters, Sketches and Marble
John Gibson established a hugely successful sculpture studio in Rome, and despite strong reasons to return to London, such as …
Can you believe it?
Trompe l’œil celebrated as the art of illusion in antiquity.
AAAARGH!: John Martin I
John Martin is best known for his dramatic scenes of apocalyptic destruction and biblical catastrophe. During his life his work …
What Would Tutuola Do?
Amos Tutuola (1920–1997) was a self-taught writer who began his career by recording Yoruba folktales and rewriting them in Nigerian …
Perceptions, Processes and Practices around Learning in an Art Gallery
This paper presents the findings of a research project examining the way learning is perceived by senior members of learning …
‘An Action Painter Manqué’
Tate In Focus research project exploring Parts of the Face: French Vocabulary Lesson 1961 by Larry Rivers
Documents for the world: ºÚÁÏÉç New Displays I
The documentary photograph has a history as old as the art itself, but recent practitioners from across the globe, some …
Haute Portraiture
Portrait painter to the rich and famous, John Singer Sargent acted like a stylist, manipulating fashion – alongside his trusty …
The Object and its Context
Tate Research In Focus project on Surface Substitution on 36 Plates 1972 by Jennifer Bartlett
Military Avoidance: Marcel Duchamp and the 'Jura-Paris Road'
The essay traces military relationships in the work of Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), paying particular attention to his notes of 1912 …
Jolt, Catalyst, Spark! Encounters with Artworks in the Schools Programme at ºÚÁÏÉç
This paper describes the findings of a practice-based research project to assess the qualitative shifts in learning made by participants …
Colour me British: Watercolour I
Tate Britain is staging a grand survey of watercolour painting in Great Britain, from the early thirteenth century through to …
Emila Medková: The Magic of Despair
The work of Emila Medková (1928–1985) is a remarkable example of surrealist documentary photography. A central member of the post-war …
Nude Woman in a Red Armchair 1932 by Pablo Picasso
This sensual portrait of Picasso’s lover Marie-Thérèse Walter was painted at the artist’s Normandy estate in 1932. Picasso dated this …
Exhibition Guide: Shape of Light
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Landscape, Imitation, Cosmopolitanism
Tate Research In Focus project on Thomas Gainsborough's painting Peter Darnell Muilman, Charles Crokatt and William Keable in a Landscape …
(Not) the Voice of God
This In Focus project explores the production context of The Girl Chewing Gum and charts its intersections with debates concerning …
Don McCullin: The Interview
Don McCullin (b1935) is an internationally acclaimed photographer with over 60 years of experience documenting the world’s devastating wars and …
‘Marx on the Wall’: Muralism and Anglo-American Exchange during the 1930s
This article explores English artists’ support for socially engaged public mural painting during the 1930s in relation to international developments, …
Sung Hwan Kim born 1975 Dog Video 2006 From the commanding heights… 2007 Washing Brain and Corn 2010 Temper Clay 2012
Case study on Sung Hwan Kim's four video works for The Tanks: Art in Action, part of Performance at Tate: …