Laura Gascoigne

The art inspired by the 1924 Paris Olympics was a very mixed bag

The classical ideal was hard to shake – but the modernists tried their best, as this new Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition shows

‘Helen Wills I’, 1927, by Alexander Calder. Photo courtesy of Calder Foundation, New York / Art Resource, New York. © 2024 Calder Foundation, New York / DACS, London
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  • Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body

    The Fitzwilliam Museum, until 3 November

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