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Glossary term: GlossaryThe term history painting was introduced in the seventeenth century to describe paintings with subject matter drawn from classical history and...
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Article‘To be naked is to be deprived of our clothes, and the word implies some of the embarrassment most of us feel in that condition. The word nude, on...
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Exhibition: Tate Britain9 June – 13 September 2015From Ancient Rome to recent political upheavals, Fighting History looks at how artists have transformed significant events into paintings and...
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Exhibition: Tate Liverpool3 February – 23 April 2006Making History: Art and documentary in Britain from 1929 to now surveys the impact of the documentary form on art and artists and vice versa....
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ArticleThe 1985 exhibition Les Immatériaux – curated by French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard and Thierry Chaput at the Centre Pompidou in Paris – is...
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ArticleThis paper focuses on unstable organic materials and artistic strategies relating to conservation and replication. In 2004 Damien Hirst’s The...
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Exhibition: Tate Modern22 May – 31 September 2008Street & Studio is a magnificent exhibition of international photography. It presents a fascinating history of photographic portraiture taken...
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Exhibition: Tate Britain25 November 2015 – 10 April 2016This autumn Tate Britain presents a major exhibition of art associated with the British Empire from the 16th century to the present day.
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ArtworkEdward Ruscha
HISTORY KIDS 2013
P20391Edward Ruscha born 1937 HISTORY KIDS 2013 on paper, print Lithograph on paper image: 610 x 610 mm Presented by the artist to Tate for Artist Rooms 201...
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ArtworkJoseph BeuysNatural History 1964-82
AR00666History [Joseph Beuys, relief, 1964-82, non-representational, wood, formal qualities, Ernst, Max, portfolio, 'Histoire Naturelle', fine art and desig...
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ArtworkSir Eduardo PaolozziHistory of Nothing 1962
P78339They emphasise a lack of movement and thus a lack of coherency between frames. The title of the print, History of Nothing , is incorporated into ...
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ArtworkJeremy DellerP78412that characterised opposition to the Thatcherite break-up both of the coal industry and Britain’s wider industrial and manufacturing base. The H...
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ArtworkJeremy DellerThe History of the World 1997-2004
T12868be larger depending on the context. The History of the World provides the visual rationale for another work by Deller entitled Acid Brass - a ...
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Exhibition: Tate Modern11 November 2006 – 11 November 2007Twenty-five artists are represented in this illuminating display of works that reference some of the most historic events of the last 100 years....
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Exhibition: Tate Modern2 October 2003 – 4 January 2004Sigmar Polke: History of Everything showcases Polke’s work over the last six years. The exhibition was initiated by the Dallas Museum of Art,...
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Films in this section Questions about the nature, extent and definition of documentary continue to have relevance today and underpin the work of...
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ArticleTo coincide with Tate Modern's survey exhibition that explores the parallel worlds of photographs taken in the urban environment and those taken as...
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ArtworkJo SpenceP80407
Jo Spence 1934-1992 Remodelling Photo History: Colonization 1981-2 on paper, unique Photograph, tinted gelatin silver print on paper; collaboration wi...
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ArtworkJo SpenceP80408
Jo Spence 1934-1992 Remodelling Photo History: Revisualization 1981-2 on paper, unique Photograph, tinted gelatin silver print on paper; collaboration...