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...(The American Rothko gave works to Tate because he admired its Turner connection.)...
...Josefowitz, who died in 2015, was introduced to Rembrandt’s engravings by a chance meeting on a flight with the American art dealer Ira Gale in 1969....
...In the song “A Foggy Day (in London Town)”, Ira Gershwin once wrote: “I viewed the morning with much alarm/the British Museum had lost its charm.” It may not be the only one missing some charms....
...In the 1980s, when the IRA was staging a campaign of often devastating bombings, Pyms Gallery’s promotion of Irish art in London was politically brave....
...For the first time this century, Tate Britain outshines Tate Modern to become home to the most dazzling contemporary art on show in London....
...She grew up in rural Ireland, and wrote that, after the Bloody Sunday massacre, she’d have joined the IRA “in a heartbeat” if they’d have allowed her....
...“Thirty years ago, it was more to do with fear of IRA explosions,” she says. “It was always about freezing the moment and looking at it very carefully. Now it’s like a universal bomb.”...
...‘Steve McQueen’, Tate Modern, February 13-May 11; ‘Year 3’, Tate Britain, to May 3, tate.org.uk...
...Whatever his intention, I predict spectators will come out longing not for revolution but to cheer themselves up with a cappuccino and a trip to the Tate shop....
...‘Richard Hamilton’, Tate Modern, London, to May 26, tate.org.uk; ICA, London, to April 6, ica.org.uk...
...Sir Nicholas Serota, Tate director and former board member of the Olympic Delivery Authority, said the park “owes its form and its success to the vision and determination of John Hopkins”....
...… ART Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life , by TJ Clark and Anne Wagner, Tate Publishing, RRP£19.99 This smart volume accompanying Tate’s recent and radical re-evaluation of Lowry is delightfully...
...Hamilton had a Tate retrospective in 1992, and represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1993, winning the Golden Lion....
...There is no zero-sum game between substance and salesmanship. 4 Art cinema makes a welcome return The success of Steve McQueen’s gruelling Hunger, recalling the IRA hunger strikes through the demise of...
...Larissa Tetuev reprises her performance as the tragic Tatyana, who harbours a deep unrequited love for the indifferent Onegin (the role is shared by soprano Ira Bertman)....
...“More to cover terrorism - a Miro rug was among the casualties in London’s last big IRA bombing. Corporate collections are inadequately covered within office contents policies....
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