Anne Wallentine
Anne Wallentine is a writer and art historian.
Token gestures – the jewellery of long-distance love
From eye miniatures to lockets of hair, historical love tokens brought people together even when they were apart
A history of the US women’s suffrage movement in five objects
This August marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in America
In the news
If shops can reopen in April, why can’t museums?
Museums in England will have to wait until May to reopen but shops, gyms and libraries are set to open in April. What’s the logic in that?
American museums should not be selling their art to keep the lights on
Deaccessioning rules for US museums have been relaxed to raise money for collection care – and even the Met may take advantage. It’s a slippery slope, says Thomas P. Campbell
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Podcast
The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Mohamad Hafez
The Syrian-born, US-based artist talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about his sculptural dioramas of cities ravaged by war – and offers a message of hope for the future
Remembering Christopher Monkhouse (1947–2021), a renowned curator for whom collecting was a way of life