Beth Williamson
Beth Williamson is an art historian and writer specialising in the history and theory of 20th-century art in Britain. A former Research Fellow at Tate, she is author of Between Art Practice and Psychoanalysis Mid-Twentieth Century: Anton Ehrenzweig in Context (Ashgate, 2015)
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Creative legacy of Nancy Holt, leading light of Land art, explored in new book
In her work, the artist strived to “find our place on the surface of our planet”
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Frank Auerbach’s drawings brought out of the shadows
A new book explores the artist’s scratchy, enigmatic drawings of people, long “crowded out” by his heavily textured paintings
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Extravagant volume of post-war photography presents a snapshot of fast-changing British society
From street scenes to social media, this sweeping survey examines how documentary photography has made sense of the UK’s cultural and political climate
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‘Not art history as usual’: book brings together revolutionary writings by the feminist art historian Linda Nochlin
The 30 essays on realism, Modernism and modernity include seven that have never before been published