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November 2004  

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IATWM Goes to the Movies

Amedeo Modigliani is subject of an exhibit organized by the Jewish Museum that is shortly to open at the Art Gallery of Ontario, previewed here.

The Italian artist makes an exciting appearance in the theatres in the new movie, entitled Modigliani, that was a gala inclusion in the Toronto International Film Festival, 2004. IATWM had the opportunity to view Modigliani and for the first time we include a review of a movie.

IATWM, as our loyal readers are aware, usually confines itself to coverage of non-performing arts such as painting, sculpture, wearable art, textile design and so on. Recently there have been movies dealing with artists' lives. Ed Harris' Pollock is an example. Hollywood, and of course independent movie producers have a wealth of subjects to choose from in the genre of artistic biography. The bon vivant, the irascible, the driven all can be used to describe various visual artists past and present that would easily fill two hours of screen time to tell a story and introduce their specific and individual art to a different audience.

Given the overwhelming positive response both Modigliani received this year, and Pollock in a prior year at the Toronto International Film Festival, the audience is hungry for more!