LINDE, Ulf; LIND BONNIER, Kerstin (ed.); GALASSI, Peter (ed.)
Essays from a Lifetime in the Arts

Ulf Linde (1929–2013) was a major figure in Swedish cultural life for six decades. Yet until now few readers outside Scandinavia have been able to enjoy his lively intelligence and highly original voice.

This first anthology in English of the writings of Swedish artist and curator Ulf Linde, gathering texts on Swedish painters or the likes of Picasso, Matisse, Picabia, Giacometti, as well as theoretical texts, including his last and most ambitious essay about the art of drawing.

Ulf Linde (1929–2013) played a key role in the early years of Moderna Museet, where in 1961 he made the first replica of Marcel Duchamp’s Large Glass, approved and signed by the artist. He was co-curator of the Duchamp retrospective that opened the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 1977.

With an introduction by Ole Granath.

Translated by Kerstin Lind Bonnier and Peter Galassi.

Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2023
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