Summary
The exhibition starts on the ground floor with a room of the Estorick's big names -- the Futurists. The visitor is greeted by an early Giacomo Balla portrait in pastels (a private loan), not perhaps immediately recognisable as being by this artist until you study the surface of the picture, energised as it is by electric-blue touches. Medardo Rosso, the great sculptor of flux who worked in wax, is here, with another Balla portrait, in oils this time.
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Italian Treats
A Decade of Discovery Estorick Collection, 39a Canonbury Square, London N1, until 6 April
This year, as the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art celebrates its tenth anniversary, garlanded with plaudits for the loan exhibitions it has...See the full content of this document
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