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A Sketch at Every Turn

Intimate, beautiful and extremely delicate, J.M.W. Turner’s sketchbooks are an insight into the painter’s extraordinary imagination

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Interview: William Kentridge at Teatro La Fenice

William Kentridge was invited to make a projection on the fire screen of the Fenice opera theatre, which was primarily …

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‘Fire and Water’: Turner and Constable in the Royal Academy, 1831

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Tate Papers no.27: Spring 2017

Exchanges between British and American artists in the years 1880–1980 are the theme of this issue, which includes explorations of …

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Willie Doherty is an Irish photographer, video artist and installation artist. He studied Fine Art at Ulster Polytechnic (1978–81). Influenced …

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