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Art term of the week: Neo-Romanticism
Neo-romanticism is a term applied to the imaginative and often quite abstract landscape based painting of Paul Nash, Graham Sutherland and others in the late 1930s and 1940s. http://bit.ly/2NW6ihM
Paul Nash, Pillar and Moon 1932–42, Tate Collection

Tate Britain Talk: From Turner to Today
21 September 2018 at 18.30–20.00
... Join us for a special discussion on perspective in art and architecture ​featuring artist Jim Lambie, renowned for his dazzling floor designs and architect Sam Jacob, whose new interactive installation at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) includes drawings by J.M.W Turner.
The talk will be followed by a private view of the Turner Collection in the Clore Gallery.
Book now: http://bit.ly/2NXasGe
Disappear Here 2018 (installation show), courtesy Sam Jacob Studio
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Art term of the week: Fairy Painting
Fairy painting is particularly associated with the Victorian period, art that depicts fairies and other subjects from the supernatural. http://bit.ly/2C4n2lC
William Blake, Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing c.1786 Tate Collection

Members Acquisition Monday
Portrait of Frances Rose marked Maggi Hambling's return to painting after a four year period of performance and installation art. Frances Rose, the subject of four portraits by Hambling between 1973 and 1975, was the artist's neighbour in Clapham, London. From a working class background, she was a widow in her early eighties when the picture was painted. http://bit.ly/2wk3O5w
Maggi Hambling, Portrait of Frances Rose 1973 Tate Collection © Maggi Hambling. All Rights Reserved 2018 / Bridgeman Images

Today is International Dog's Day!!
Here's a collection of works featuring lots of different dogs. We have so many in the collection! http://bit.ly/2wjx7oE
Edward Ruscha, Dog 1995, printed and signed 1994 Tate Collection © Edward Ruscha... Joseph Mallord William Turner, Two Gun Dogs 1809 Tate Collection Thomas Gainsborough, Pomeranian Bitch and Puppy c.1777 Tate Collection Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Dogs Hairdressing, Shields Road (Byker) 1981, printed 2014 Tate Collection © Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, Dignity and Impudence 1839 Tate Collection
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Members Acquisition Monday
This painting was inspired by a reproduction of an early nineteenth-century engraving of the same title. The engraving was a political satire, though its subject was unknown to Kitaj, and his painting is more concerned with the notion of the idyll and the relationship between two people as characters in a novel. http://bit.ly/2N0U5YW
R.B. Kitaj, The Man of the Woods and the Cat of the Mountains 1973 Tate Collection © The estate of R. B. Kitaj

Art term of the week: Photography
As it's World Photography Day today, we thought this art term was fitting.
Photography refers to the process or practice of creating a photograph – an image produced by the action of light on a light-sensitive material. http://bit.ly/2MQOODc
... Francesca Woodman, Space², Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-1978 1975–8 Tate / National Galleries of Scotland © Courtesy of Charles Woodman
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The BBC documentary Tate Liverpool at 30 airs this Wednesday 15 August on BBC One at 7.30pm! Don’t miss Alexei Sayle going behind the scenes to uncover the highs and lows experienced over the past 30 years at Tate Liverpool.
Photo © Rachel Clarke/BBC.

Members Acquisition Monday
The title of the work, along with the record deck, makes reference to ska, a form of Jamaican popular dance music that was adopted by British bands in the 1970s. Like many of Lambie’s works from this period, Ska’s Not Dead combines references to the history and paraphernalia of music with a DIY aesthetic.
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... Jim Lambie, Ska’s Not Dead 2001 © Jim Lambie
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TATE MODERN 11 August 2018 12.00–18.00
Tomorrow is our free families event ‘Fierce Play’ takes over the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern! Join us this summer holiday for a mass Live Art play-in for all ages.
... http://bit.ly/2AWPV2s
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Art term of the week: Impasto
Impasto refers to an area of thick paint or texture, in a painting. First noticeable in the paintings of Venetian Renaissance artists Titian and Tintoretto, impasto is also seen in Baroque painting. The use of impasto became more or less compulsory in modern art as the view took hold that the surface of a painting should have its own reality rather than just being a smooth window into an illusionist world beyond. http://bit.ly/2AzRZO0
You can see... this painting now at Tate Britain in the exhibition All Too Human: A Century of Painting Life. Members go for free.
Frank Auerbach, Head of E.O.W. I 1960, Tate Collection
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Tate Modern 10 August 2018 19.00–21.00
Don't forget that on Friday at Tate Edit is the exclusive Damien Hirst Limited Edition Launch.
... At this drinks reception, be the first to see and purchase one of the eight prints. The editions are taken from Hirst’s Colour Space Paintings (2018), a body of work that evolved from the iconic Spot Paintings, which are among Hirst’s most recognisable works. http://bit.ly/2AN1cT7
Please note, we are anticipating a large attendance for the event and would like to make you aware that there will be a queuing system in place to allow everyone the chance to register their interest in a Hirst edition. We will be handing out the forms to be filled out before entry.
Damien Hirst Claridges 2018
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Today is International Cat Day!
For the occasion, we have picked this image of Ben Nicholson with his cat Tommy. http://bit.ly/2ASOK4l
Felicitas Vogler, Photograph of Ben Nicholson holding his cat, Tommy 1968 Tate Collection © Fondation du Refuge SPA de Saint-Légier-la-Chiésaz

Members Acquisition Monday
You can see more of Yiadom-Boakye's work at Tate Britain as part of the All Too Human exhibition. http://bit.ly/2mt1pAW
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, 10pm Saturday 2012 Tate Collection © Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Art term of the week: Neo-Geo
Short for neo-geometric conceptualism, the term neo-geo came into use in the early 1980s in America to describe the work of artists who criticized the mechanisation and commercialism of the modern world. http://bit.ly/2AD43hj
Jeff Koons, Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Two Dr J Silver Series, Spalding NBA Tip-Off) 1985 Tate Collection © Jeff Koons

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One (The Telegraph, Evening Standard)
Explore how artists responded to the physical and psycological impact of the conflict in this moving exhibition.
... ‘An incredibly absorbing experience’ – Evening Standard
Free for Members http://bit.ly/2ArYUZf
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Members Acquisition Monday
Arabian Night [3/67] is one of six paintings Moon produced in 1967 using a Y-shaped canvas. In this case the canvas is painted black. Stripes painted across the three prongs of the ‘Y’ in pink, orange and yellow define a black triangle at its centre. http://bit.ly/2muVE5N
Jeremy Moon, Arabian Night [3/67] 1967 Tate Collection © Estate of Jeremy Moon

TATE MODERN DAMIEN HIRST LIMITED EDITION PRINTS LAUNCH
Join us for the launch of Tate Edit's eight new limited edition prints by Damien Hirst only available at the Tate. Enjoy a private drinks reception exclusive for Members and have the chance to view and purchase the works prior to general release.
... http://bit.ly/2mxcDVa
Damien Hirst Limited Edition Print 2018
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Tate St Ives 25 July 09.00–10.00 Members Hour: Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden
This Wednesday, beat the crowds and enjoy the beautiful works by Barbara Hepworth before the museum opens to the public. http://bit.ly/2uYwWhJ
... Dame Barbara Hepworth, Forms in Movement (Pavan) 1956–9, cast 1967. Tate. © Bowness
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