London's New Scene

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Art and Culture in the 1960s

By Lisa Tickner

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London's New Scene offers a groundbreaking and extensively researched exploration of the 1960s London art scene. Amid postwar reconstruction and a blossoming national brand of ‘creative Britain’, the city emerged as a new capital of art. Lisa Tickner presents a kaleidoscopic view of this exuberant decade through innovative case studies of key institutions and events between 1962 and 1968, richly illustrating the vibrant social and cultural field that shaped British art.
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This title will appeal to readers interested in British art history, 1960s culture, and the development of London’s creative scene. It suits scholars, students, and enthusiasts keen to understand the social dynamics behind a pivotal decade in UK arts and culture.

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London’s New Scene is a groundbreaking and extensively researched account of the 1960s London art scene.

In the 1960s, London became a vibrant hub of artistic production. Postwar reconstruction, jet air travel, television arts programmes, new colour supplements, a generation of young artists, dealers, and curators, the influx of international film companies, the projection of “creative Britain” as a national brand—all nurtured and promoted the emergence of London as “a new capital of art.”

Extensively illustrated and researched, this book offers an unprecedented, rich account of the social field that constituted the lively London scene of the 1960s. In clear, fluent prose, Tickner presents an innovative sequence of critical case studies, each of which explores a particular institution or event in the cultural life of London between 1962 and 1968. The result is a kaleidoscopic view of an exuberant decade in the history of British art.

Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

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Praised for its scholarly depth and warm engagement with the subject, the book has been called "a beautifully constructed survey" with a compelling mix of glamorous personalities and gritty drama (Art Newspaper). Its eloquent analysis and rich references highlight the transformational moments of London's 1960s avant-garde (Financial Times, Elephant). The volume is well-illustrated and captures the emergence of London’s international art status post-WWII (ArtLyst), with case studies spanning diverse cultural forms (Dance Gazette).

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781913107109

Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 June 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Illustration: 80 color + 120 b-w illus.

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 416

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Arts & Culture European History Global History History & Archaeology History & Military Lisa Tickner Non-Fiction

About the Author

Lisa Tickner is an honorary professor at the Courtauld Institute of Art and University of London and professor emerita of art history, Middlesex University.