Dorothy Morland - Making ICA History (Hardcover)

This is the first full-length biography of Dorothy Morland (1906-99), to date the only female director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London. Based on unpublished letters and other archival sources, as well as interviews and personal recollections, this book traces her busy private and public life from the 1930s up until the 1990s. It tells the story of one of the unacknowledged contributors to the success of the ICA and to the understanding of the international avant garde in post-war Britain. As a female arts administrator, Dorothy Morland's work has been largely overlooked, and this book aims to highlight her significant contribution to the public understanding of modernism. She was part of a network which included the Surrealist Roland Penrose, art critic Herbert Read, architect Jane Drew and wealthy philanthropists, Peter Gregory and Peter Watson. She was also the protector and advocate for the Independent Group. Dorothy Morland always mixed business with pleasure (dancing with Picasso in Antibes while there on ICA business), and tirelessly oversaw the chaotic organisation that was the ICA in Dover Street from 1950 until 1968. After leaving the ICA she worked hard on assembly the organisation's archives and securing their safekeeping at Tate.

General

Imprint:	Liverpool University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Value: Art: Politics, 16
Release date:	March 2020
Authors:	Anne Massey
Dimensions:	239 x 163mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-1-78962-127-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Institutions & organizations Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Promotions
LSN:	1-78962-127-5
Barcode:	9781789621273

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