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Introduction
Introduction to In Focus research project on String Composition 128 1964 by Sue Fuller, authored by Alex Taylor with contributions …
‘Waste Dominion’, ‘White Warfare’, and Antarctic Modernism
This paper considers the historical coincidence of modernism and the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. In particular, it contextualises allusions …
Index, Diagram, Graphic Trace: Involuntary Drawing
The graphic trace is a hybrid type of representation: it takes from the index a registration of something unique – …
Conserving Mark Rothko’s Black on Maroon 1958: The Construction of a ‘Representative Sample’ and the Removal of Graffiti Ink
This paper describes the preparation of a ‘representative sample’ and the investigation and refining of the solvent system used to …
Carlos Cruz-Diez’s Physichromies: Between Centre and Periphery
In 1959 the Franco-Venezuelan kinetic artist Carlos Cruz-Diez developed his first abstract series of works, named the Physichromies. These …
The Biennial Under Contestation: Local Perspectives on the Tenth São Paulo Biennial (1969)
The international boycott of the tenth São Paulo Biennial (1969) is widely cited as a successful political intervention. The emphasis …
Artists, art, the media and the public: Turner Prize
Each year the Turner Prize generates media coverage which gives only a fleeting idea of the practice of the artists …
Uncovering Professionalism in the Art Museum: An Exploration of Key Characteristics of the Working Lives of Education Curators at
This paper attempts to articulate the distinctive qualities of the work of education curators at in relation to …
Homage to Bacon
We bring together a mix of writers, museum directors, artists, musicians and filmmakers to pay homage to the legendary artist
Pop Art and the Socialist ‘Thing’: Dušan Otašević in the 1960s
The early work of Dušan Otašević constitutes a rare example of the influence of Anglo-American pop on an eastern European …
The Construction of Whiteness, Gender and Race in Early Modern Portraits: Marcus Gheeraerts II’s Portrait of an Unknown Lady c.1595
This series of articles examines the construction of whiteness in three early modern portraits in the Tate collection: The Cholmondeley …
Dust and Doubt: The Deserts and Galaxies of Vija Celmins
This article considers one work on paper by Vija Celmins in the ARTIST ROOMS collection: Untitled (Desert–Galaxy) 1974. In a …
Curating Spaces for Not-Knowing
This paper discusses a research study undertaken at Tate Liverpool in 2013–16 that investigated experiences of co-creating knowledge about the …
Decolonising Nigerian Modernism: Ben Enwonwu’s ‘Identity in Politics’
The personal archive of the celebrated Nigerian modernist painter Ben Enwonwu (1917–1994) reveals his understanding of the effects of colonialism …
Andrei Tarkovsky and Contemporary Art: Medium and Mediation
The rediscovery of the Soviet film director Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) as an artist in the cinema allows us to see …
Cinematic Drawing in a Digital Age
Developed in relation to works by Tacita Dean and William Kentridge, this article explores the way in which the arrival …
To Dispel a Great Malady: Robinson in Ruins , the Future of Landscape and the Moving Image: Art & Environment
Patrick Keiller’s film Robinson in Ruins was made as part of an AHRC project, ‘The Future of Landscape and the …
Duchamp, Childhood, Work and Play: The Vernissage for First Papers of Surrealism , New York, 1942
Visitors to the opening of the First Papers of Surrealism exhibition in New York in 1942 were disorientated, not only …