Baggott-Brown, J (2014) The Burlington Magazine and the ‘Tate bricks’ controversy [blog post]. The Burlington Magazine Index Blog, May.
Abstract
In 1972, the Tate Gallery bought for an ‘undeclared sum’ – although later revealed to be £2,297 – the 1966 sculpture by Carl Andre, Equivalent VIII (also referred to here by its Tate catalogue reference T.1534). In April 1976, The Burlington Magazine published an editorial which questioned the Tate’s decision to buy the work and placed the magazine at the centre of a complex and, at times, heated debate around the subject. The editorial prompted the Tate to demand a right to reply that would, eventually, be granted in the form of a five page article – long in comparison to most published in Burlington – written by Richard Morphet who was then Deputy Keeper of the Modern Collection at the Tate Gallery.
| Item Type: | Other |
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| Note: | The blog post can be read at the link above. |
| Keywords: | art criticism, art museums, Carl Andre, contemporary art, minimalism, Richard Morphet, Tate Gallery |
| Divisions: | Bath School of Art, Film and Media |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2025 16:28 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2025 16:30 |
| URN: | https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/17359 |
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