Rachel Stratton

Art historian and curator of British and American art of the twentieth century

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/1aC3Zcs716

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@BASjournal I’m thrilled to have published this essay in BAS. McHale would no doubt have approved of the born-digital format #britishart #newmedia #collage #Pop #media #ecology

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Decentering Realism conf @CourtauldRes is open for registration (10-12 March). It aims to think about Realism in an expanded global context and across time. Amazing line up of speakers and papers: https://t.co/kYfRkmI1G8 #arthistory #realism #ecology #politics #aesthetics

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I can almost hear America breathing a sigh of relief #ByeByeTrump #BidenHarrisInauguration

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via @NYTimes As an historian I am deeply affected by the Trump administration’s attempt to rewrite and whitewash US history with the #1776commission. Now more than ever historians have a responsibility to rake through the past, however uncomfortable https://t.co/v97h9PYIL0

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Just posted a photo @ Prospect Park https://t.co/vbDh0eyH6S

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Really looking forward to chatting with rina.banerjee on Friday as part of @yalebritishart “Artists in Conversation” series. Details to register for the webinar in the link below.

Credits: Take Me, Take Me, Take… https://t.co/17jvSTXGFv

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The YCBA has been closed for nearly two months now and I’m really missing all the art so here’s a few installation shots of the modern and contemporary collection. It was fantastic to curate the hang with… https://t.co/TQ2lmThCEQ

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This incredibly beautiful alter piece by Carlo and Vittorio Crivelli executed in 1480 is housed in a tiny medieval church in the hilltop village of Monte San Martino, Le Marche. The first image is a detail of St… https://t.co/WmlWJpC4se

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Hurvin Anderson, Peter’s Sister II, 2009. On display in the exhibition ‘Get Up, Stand Up, Now’ at Somerset House, curated by Zac Ove. @ Somerset House https://t.co/U5CXhCxorj

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Students on my Courtauld summer school course ‘Making America: Art, Identity, Politics’ enjoying a tour of the incredible Faith Ringgold retrospective by its curator melissablanchflower.

2nd: Ringgold, ‘American… https://t.co/Qun7XQiFpT

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One of the many satisfying pairings at the Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson exhibition hazlitthollandhibbert. Curated by my old MA supervisor Chris Green, along with Sophie Bowness, it has some beautiful rarely… https://t.co/sDISMnfrHs

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Tau Lewis’s incredible mixed media sculptures are among the highlights of the Yorkshire Sculpture International. This textured doll made with found materials like shells, stones and bits of fur draws you in to the… https://t.co/ieAm0uI1ht

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Really lovely portrait by Christopher Wood in the Bonhams Modern British and Irish auction. Painted 1927 when he was just 26 years old and only 3 years before ibis tragically early death. @ Bonhams https://t.co/0OfBfdNuEa

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@BBCRadio4 @ucu on uni funding the speaker didn’t say that for some arts/humanities jobs a degree or multiple degrees are required to get low paid jobs. More funding needed in university and arts to raise pay to match time and money people invest in their education

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Absolutely loved the Bacon paintings of Van Gogh @tateshots show. Such a pleasure to see these two powerhouse artists alongside one another. Photo: Study for Portrait if Van Gogh IV, 1957 #vangoghinbritain @ Tate… https://t.co/V1KuXDxEpC

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My first visit to Antwerp via TEFAF at Maastricht. Wonderful to see the town my grandma grew up in before the war. I enjoyed many things including, in no particular order: cheese… https://t.co/v1tJbgNTYv

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An incredible revision of the Jewish American photographer Roman Vishniac as versatile artist and modernist enthusiast. Thousands of previously unpublished works now available at the… https://t.co/RmuLB4eYGf

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I’m giving a paper about ‘John McHale and the Politics of Participation’ Tuesday 6.15 @paulmelloncentr. Free tickets available on eventbrite: https://t.co/IbCIyoPO8E. Come along!… https://t.co/HYP0TtClFA