Different Strokes: Linda Nochlin on "Turner, Whistler, Monet"

Nochlin, Linda, Artforum International

WITH ITS AMBITIOUS "TURNER, WHISTLER, Monet: Impressionist Visions" opening next month, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, in conjunction with the Reunion des Musees Nationaux and Tate Britain, joins recent curatorial attempts to reshuffle the deck of nineteenth-century art. Rather than conform to the monographic blockbuster or utilize neat categories like Romanticism, realism, Impressionism, or symbolism to provide shape and substance, these exhibitions seek out new relationships among works and artists that bridge temporal or national boundaries. Such was the case, for example, with "Crossing the Channel: British and French Painting in the Age of Romanticism," a traveling show (it …

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Publication information: Article title: Different Strokes: Linda Nochlin on "Turner, Whistler, Monet". Contributors: Nochlin, Linda - Author. Magazine title: Artforum International. Volume: 42. Issue: 9 Publication date: May 2004. Page number: 86. © 1999 Artforum International Magazine, Inc. COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group.

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