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Feet Too Big

2 Nov 2007

Within the seriousness of Georg Baselitz’s paintings and sculptures, the artist often elicits moments of humour. Professor Richard Shiff, University of Texas at Austin, presents Baselitz’s view of modern German history as a kind of dark comedy.

Reynolds Room; 6.30-7.30pm; £14/£6* (includes lecture, exhibition entry and a drink), £10 (includes lecture and a drink)

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Show photo credits

Joan Miró, The Birth of Day 1 (Naissance du jour 1), 1964. Oil on canvas, 146 x 113.5 cm. Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Saint-Paul. Photo © Galerie Maeght.
© Succession Miró/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2008.

 

The Antioch Chalice, Byzantine, from Syria, possibly Kaper Koraon or Antioch, first half of the sixth century. Silver cup set in footed silver-gilt shell, Height 19. 7 cm. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Cloisters Collection, 1950 (50.4). Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art