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Charles Darwent

Charles Darwent is a writer and regular contributor to The Guardian, the Art Newspaper, Apollo, and the Times Literary Supplement and was the Independent on Sunday’s chief art critic from 1999 to 2013. His biography Josef Albers: Life and Work was described by

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  • Josef Albers: Life and work
  • Surrealists in New York

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  • His biography Josef Albers: Life and Work was described by
  • Charles Darwent was chief art critic of the Independent on Sunday for 14 years and is the author of 'Josef Albers: Life and work'.
  • Today he talks about his new book 'Surrealists in New York', which tells how artists fleeing Hitler boosted the New York art scene in the 40s and 50s and how one daring small atelier spawned the Abstract Impressionist movement.

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Josef Albers: Life and work
Surrealists in New York

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