Features
Editor’s Letter: Public Gestures
Should the public have a say in exhibition programming? The MFA in Boston seems to think so…
Cover Story: February Apollo
Our February cover ties in with Katy Barrett’s feature article on the resurgent interest in the cabinet of curiosities…
Explicit intent – the art of shunga in Japan
The display of erotic art from other traditions, be they Greco-Roman or Japanese, should make us think about what it meant to its original audiences
Tsar attractions – English silver at the Russian court
Early modern visitors to Moscow often brought silver to the tsar – which is why the Kremlin Armoury Museum holds a remarkable collection of pre-Restoration English silver
The eternal embrace: conserving the Tetnies sarcophagi
A project initiated by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to conserve two of its most prized works of classical art, the Tetnies sarcophagi, has revealed an intimate world of ancient rituals
The historic estate that’s next on the demolition list