retrospective
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The paper notes that MPs were warned by the home secretary that some migrants would still face "retrospective rule changes to make them wait a decade" before granting them leave to remain, the paper reports.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
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
She’d seen a retrospective of his work and decided he was hugely overrated.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Her instantly recognizable flower paintings, desert landscapes, bleached bones and abstractions have won her dozens of museum retrospectives or themed solo exhibitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
“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
“ET” has long been culling the archives for the career retrospectives that air on weekends under the title “ET Vault Unlocked,” which are also available on demand through YouTube.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
By the 2000s, Ms. Steiner found her work the subject of career retrospectives at the Leica Gallery in New York, the PhotoAlicante art festival in Spain and elsewhere.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
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
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