retrospective

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Like Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” before it, the film works best when viewed as a retrospective analysis of an entertainer’s life, and how easily cynicism can poison a child’s boundless imagination.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

A painter who early on shifted into conceptual provocation with his ‘Readymades’—including, infamously, a urinal—the French artist gets his first retrospective in the U.S. in more than 50 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

But they could not reconstruct with retrospective precision who stood near a location hours earlier.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

I’ve written about Wilson’s works for nearly half a century, but a visit to the Marcel Duchamp retrospective at MoMA in New York reminded me of the folly of trying to describe a Wilson experience.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

I find it improbable, and ominous: first the retrospective, then the morgue.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood