retrospective
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Ashfield District Council rejected a retrospective application by fairground operator Mellors Group, external to use Grade II listed hangars at the Watnall Road site as a rollercoaster testing and storage site on 20 October.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
A Hammer Museum retrospective unpacks the once L.A.-based artist’s remarkable legacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
After its debut at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the first U.S. retrospective of his work in more than 50 years now moves to Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
"Nirvana continues to resonate so deeply because people are still hungry for authenticity," bass player Krist Novoselic said after a video retrospective of the band's videos.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Thereafter, as well as composing for all his subsequent films, Chaplin wrote and recorded retrospective scores for his earlier silent films, continuing to do so well into the 1970s.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
“Confessions II” features intimate retrospectives of Madonna’s career and personal life — rare, clear-eyed visits to the past from an artist who has always preferred to keep her eyes on the future.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
As exhibitions, books and retrospectives built his renown, Hockney increasingly relied on travel—to Paris and elsewhere—so he could work undisturbed before friends and others crowded his schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Maybe, but all three prior Caillebotte retrospectives at American museums since 1976 have already done that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
Their December lineup includes a spotlight on Parker Posey; retrospectives dedicated to Yasujiro Ozu and Ousmane Sembène; and some holiday noir, MGM musicals and “Hitchcock for the Holidays.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Another job, with the film collector Raymond Rohauer, led him to work on retrospectives of the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy at the supermarket heir Huntington Hartford’s Gallery of Modern Art in Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
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