In the 1890s, newspapers and magazines were full of articles celebrating the new woman, the new journalism, the new fiction, the new sculpture and, above all, the new art – l’art nouveau.” A new exhibit London’s Victoria & Albert Museum highlights the currents of change in design and aesthetics that swept through Europe from 1890-1914. – The Telegraph (UK)
OR WAS IT “GAUDY”?: “infectious dominance” and bizarrely extravagant ornamentation. – The Times (UK)
OR MAYBE “SEXY”?: “The most startling among 400 objects in the largest exhibition of art nouveau ever mounted has been lent on condition that no salacious comments are made about it.” – The Guardian