@CradlesnLabels

The Art of Curation. We review exhibitions in London and beyond.

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The Cradles & Labels Award for Favourite Exhibition at a UK museum in 2020 goes to: Among the Trees @haywardgallery 'One of the most impressive shows we have seen for a long, long time, by turns soothing and provocative' cradlesandlabels.com/post/cr… #Museums #CradlesnLabels
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The Royal Academy has apologised to an artist after removing their work from its giftshop bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment…

Royal Academy apologises to artist Jess de Wahls in transphobia row

The arts institution says it "had no right to judge her views" after removing her work from its shop.

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Love will tear us apart (again) Use Hearing Protection: the early years of Factory Records @sim_manchester theguardian.com/travel/2021/…

From Factory Records to Oasis: a musical tour of Manchester

A new exhibition on the seminal Manchester label is the start of a musical homage taking in the roots of Joy Division, the Smiths et al

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Really loved #TheMakingofRodin @Tate - so interesting to see his early works, works in plaster, and Camille Claudel was beautiful – at Camberwell, London
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"You don't put a punt in a show" Displayed at the National Gallery and then withdrawn from exhibit at the Louvre, this painting jumped in value from $1,175 in 2005 to $450m in 2017. Yet its attribution to Leonardo da Vinci remains highly contested. theguardian.com/artanddesign…

How did a £120 painting become a £320m Leonardo … then vanish?

A film about the disputed Salvator Mundi blames the National Gallery for its role in giving credibility to the claim that it was the artist’s lost work

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Painting of the Day Henri Rousseau, To Celebrate the Baby (1903) Kunstmuseum Winterthur
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The National Portrait Gallery @NPGLondon to feature more women in its collection theguardian.com/artanddesign… – at Hackney, London

National Portrait Gallery to feature more women in its collection

Curators will increase representation of female artists and sitters and seek overlooked stories

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Well, it's been a year since I was last in the @sciencemuseum - I imagine a lot of us are hitting this sad anniversary some time this week. I hope everyone's doing alright - here's hoping for better times in museums soon.
Perpetual Calendar, @ScienceMuseum

ALT Perpetual Calendar, @ScienceMuseum

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A painting by Gustav Klimt, Rosiers sous les Arbres, sold under duress in 1938, is to be returned to the descendants of its owner. bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-…

France to return Klimt painting sold under duress during Nazi era

A Jewish family was forced to sell Rosiers sous les Arbres after the Nazis annexed Austria in 1938.

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Come join us! Work with the collections team as our almighty co-ordinator, where I can guarantee you the weirdest office tea break chat in the world. (Largely courtesy of the medicine curators.)
Tilly Blyth@tillyblyth16 Mar 2021
I’m recruiting! Come and form the heart beat of the wonderful Collections team ⁦@sciencemuseum⁩ ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce011…
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Antony Gormley has objected to the placing of some of his sculptures on a Suffolk beach, and the renaming of his artwork. Their owner tried to stand them upright, as originally intended, but 'the pebbles wouldn't support them'. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-su…

Antony Gormley objects to Aldeburgh beach sculptures

The artist's agent says the positioning of his works by their owner is a "misrepresentation".

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One year ago today we made the decision to close due to the growing threat of the pandemic. Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past year. We appreciate every single one of you, whatever contribution you have made. Take care everyone. We hope to see you soon.
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£10 million for a Benin Bronze, and *we* don't even know where it is? bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-…

The art dealer, the £10m Benin Bronze and the Holocaust

Western museums are under pressure to return looted treasure, but what of those in private collections?

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Felice Beato’s iconic photograph of the Chattar Munzil, Lucknow. The palace can be seen in the background with a fish-shaped boat on the river in the foreground, 1858 #Lucknow
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Tabish Khan@LondonArtCritic27 Feb 2021
Scheduled to be the 🚨Final week🚨 to see the ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #TurnersModernWorld exhibition at @Tate Britain. Read my @Londonist review to decide whether it should be extended buff.ly/2GcEZRN
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The categorisation of museums as indoor entertainment venues throughout the crisis has been “catastrophic”, says Axel Ruger, Chief Executive of @royalacademy. “I find it unbelievably unfair.” inews.co.uk/culture/museums-…

'Opening Ikea but not the V&A just doesn’t make any sense' as museums fight to survive

The late reopening of the UK's museums is another blow as they slash budgets and cut staff because of the pandemic. Come 17 May, they will have to do far more, with far less to attract the public back

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"It’s not taking into consideration museums’ role in rebuilding public life and confidence. Shopping is great, but there’s a lot more solace to be gained by going to museums to see something really beautiful – and much less hassle.” @alicevjones for @theipaper
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Flying Sunflowers: the logistical secrets of the @NatGalleryAus NGA's Botticelli to Van Gogh blockbuster flying from @NationalGallery. Is it the end of the ‘courier trip’ as we know it? theguardian.com/culture/2021… – at Hackney, London

Flying Sunflowers: the logistical secrets of the NGA's Botticelli to Van Gogh blockbuster

It takes more than a few rolls of bubble wrap to safely transport 61 priceless masterpieces to Australia during a pandemic

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Read and weep. Blockbuster exhibitions cancelled. Staff laid off in their droves. Museums closed indefinitely. Culture cancelled.
Alice Jones@alicevjones26 Feb 2021
A long read by me, on the state of our museums. Over 4000 jobs lost. @florencemuseum will not reopen in 2021. @royalacademy has lost 18,000 Friends in a year, representing £2.5 million. @WhitworthArt has cut its exhibitions budget by 75%. And so, sadly, on inews.co.uk/culture/museums-…

'Opening Ikea but not the V&A just doesn’t make any sense' as museums fight to survive

The late reopening of the UK's museums is another blow as they slash budgets and cut staff because of the pandemic. Come 17 May, they will have to do far more, with far less to attract the public back

inews.co.uk
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