Burlington Contemporary is the Burlington Magazine’s free online platform for reviews and research on international contemporary art.
Burlington Contemporary is the Burlington Magazine’s free online platform for reviews and research on international contemporary art.
When the statue of Edward Colston was defaced and thrown into Bristol harbour on 7th June 2020 the resulting publicity was so enormous that it seemed likely that a wholesale assault on memorials to men who took part in the slave trade or were racist would inevitably follow. In fact, remarkably little has happened.
This exhibition is a crystalline gem, a compact, focused examination of the remarkable paintings of one of Italy’s most original artists. With only nine catalogued works, one of which is not physically present, and hung in Ikon Gallery’s modernist white-cube space, it allows the viewer to explore the complexity and sophistication of each individual piece with the attention that Crivelli himself must have invested.
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