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DavidGommon
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AubreyLevinthal–MirrorMatter,
DuncanWylie–MultipleRealities
AdelinedeMonseignat:MotherhoodinFourActs
ScreenTowers-TheDrive-InTheaterinAmerica
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TheEighty-Eight-PhotographsfromaJapanesePilgrimage
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Sickert:Love,Death&Ennui-TheHerbertandAnnLucasCollection
AmericanFurniture2024
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Coldstream,knownasBilltohisfriends,andTheProf togenerationsofstudentsatTheSladewherehe wasProfessorofFineArtfrom1949-1975,wasa foundermemberoftheEustonRoadSchool,a moverandshakerattheGPOFilmUnit,wherehe workedcloselywithBrittenandAudeninthe1930s, andlateramajorfigureintheLondonartworldasit wentthroughcontroversialchangesfromthe1960s onwards Inthiscollectionheisrememberedas muchforhishilarity,humanity,andgiftfor friendshipasforthelastingmarkhemadeonthe culturallandscapeofaworldinflux Inadelightfully diverseselectionofstudiesandcharacteristic snapshotsBillemergesasacomplexfigure,aman ofwarmthandwit,apainterofobsessiverigour,a raconteur,andachampionoftheunderdog. Contributorsincludeformerstudents,fellow painters,andhistoriansofmodernBritishArt.
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