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Article: "Czech Cubism, 1912-1916" at the Rupertinum, Salzburg. July 21-October 7, 2001.(Brief Article)
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- New Criterion
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- October 1, 2001
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Perhaps the second most common complaint one hears from people who patronize movie theaters today concerns volume: the soundtrack is much, much too loud. (The most common complaint, of course, has to do with the poor quality of most new movies.) An analogous complaint can be lodged against museum exhibitions. What we might call the visual volume always seems to be set on "high." More and more, substance takes a back seat to design. Or, if that seems an overstatement, say rather that the design of an exhibition often competes with its substance. Everything, from the wall labels to the PR, is super slick. And then there is the issue of education. No exhibition these days is ...
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Article: Cubism in Boston
Portland Press Herald (Maine);
December 25, 2005 ;
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... ... images to cubes. Picasso and Braque began calling their new style Cubism. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is running a Cubism exhibition through April 16. "Facets of Cubism" features 70 Cubist works by artists such as Braque, Fernand Leger ...
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