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Manet comes to Warwick!

A much-loved work from the National Gallery Collection - Manet's 'The Execution of Maximilian' - will come to the Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, later this year as part of the National Gallery Masterpiece Tour.

Manet

Sarah Shalgosky, Curator of the Mead Gallery:

“With an established reputation for commissioning and exhibiting some of the most exciting work of our times, we believe that the Mead Gallery is uniquely positioned to examine the enduring relevance of ‘The Execution of Maximilian’. We are hugely indebted to the National Gallery for the opportunity to present this iconic 19th-century image of early modernism in a 20th-century white cube gallery and in dialogue with existing and newly commissioned work by 21st-century Latin American artists. We propose, through its presentation here, to explore the themes of western imperialism, political and personal betrayal and censorship implicit in Manet’s great work and which continue to preoccupy artists working today.”

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Wed 23 Apr 2014, 12:20 | Tags: General