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retrospective

[re-truh-spek-tiv] / ˌrɛ trəˈspɛk tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
backward-looking
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ADJECTIVE
concerned with past
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Albuquerque and Vendredi emphasize that “Cosmic Land” is a survey, not a retrospective, as the artist hopes to mount one in the next decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 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

The findings come from a large retrospective analysis of patient health records, supported by experiments involving human brain tissue and mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Likewise, the celebrated rationality of the fifth century represents a retrospective bleaching of what was actually a complex and contested story.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

“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

Jay Kelly is allergic to career retrospectives and honors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

Calder — once called America’s most beloved sculptor — won widespread acclaim during his lifetime, with major New York museums like MoMA, the Guggenheim and the Whitney mounting retrospectives when he was still alive.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

By the early 1970s he was organizing as many as 800 programs there each year, from Preston Sturges retrospectives to programs of Russian silent films, new German cinema and movies from Senegal.

From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2023


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