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...Darker still is Cristofano Allori’s self-portrait in the guise of a beheaded Holofernes, held aloft by his former lover “Judith”, and encouraged in her murderous intent by her mother, here portrayed as the...
...… A Way of Living: The Art of Willem de Kooning, by Judith Zilczer, Phaidon, RRP£59.95/$100 “Any kind of painting, any style of painting – to be painting at all – is a way of living . . ....
...One of the virtues of this exhibition is the opportunity to see “Judith 1” hung opposite its pendant, the painting known variously as “Judith II” and “Salome”, which usually hangs in Venice’s Modern Art...
...She posed as famous figures from art history, like the biblical Judith in gown and turban, gazing vacantly from beneath heavy lids as she dangles the severed head of Holofernes....
...Janet Malcolm’s book packs heavyweight punches about truth versus fiction, in the guise of a chic stocking-filler....
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