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Artist Issues Demand for French Apology
Image Not Available for Artist Issues Demand for French Apology

Artist Issues Demand for French Apology

Associated (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Publisher
Author
Date1988
Object NameNewspaper Article
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsMemorabilia
DimensionsPaper Size: 10.9 x 37.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017359.159
About MeNewspaper article by Sue Innes dated 31st March 1988. It reports that Sue Finlay, wife of Ian Hamilton Finlay, denies accusations of Nazism and racism in Finlay's works following the cancellation of a commissioned memorial to the French Revolution at Versailles.

This newspaper cutting is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing, OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend.
Image Not Available for Correspondence Related to the Cancellation of Ian Hamilton Finlay's Commission for the Bicentenary of the French Revolution
Correspondence Related to the Cancellation of Ian Hamilton Finlay's Commission for the Bicentenary of the French Revolution
Joyce Laing
1988
Image Not Available for Letter from Sue Finlay
Letter from Sue Finlay
Sue Finlay
1988-1989
Image Not Available for Care for our finest landscape poet
Care for our finest landscape poet
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Smash Them Like a Thunderbolt
Smash Them Like a Thunderbolt
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1988
Image Not Available for Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
Image Not Available for droits de l'homme
droits de l'homme
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Dominique Bozo with enclosure of Scottish Television News script and Flashart Supplement Article
Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Dominique Bozo with enclosure of Scottish Television News script and Flashart Supplement Article
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Move to clear Scot branded a 'Nazi'
Move to clear Scot branded a 'Nazi'
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
Image Not Available for Artist's Fight Goes to French President
Artist's Fight Goes to French President
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Sir Alan Peacock, Chairman of Scottish Arts Council
Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Sir Alan Peacock, Chairman of Scottish Arts Council
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
Image Not Available for Untitled
Untitled
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Protest backs Finlay in "Nazi" row
Protest backs Finlay in "Nazi" row
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Basta
Basta
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1994
Image Not Available for Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1986
Image Not Available for Vignette by Ian Hamilton Finlay
Vignette by Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
Image Not Available for Finlay: portrait of the artist as a non-apologist
Finlay: portrait of the artist as a non-apologist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
Image Not Available for Artist faces costly action
Artist faces costly action
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
Committee of General Security
Committee of General Security
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Press Release, House of Commons
Press Release, House of Commons
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Artist is not a Nazi
Artist is not a Nazi
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Artist in rates row stops RLS memorial project
Artist in rates row stops RLS memorial project
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Saint-Just Vigilantes Protesting in Edinburgh
Saint-Just Vigilantes Protesting in Edinburgh
Ian Hamilton Finlay
21 April 1988