Past Issue
February 2022
• An interview with Ai Weiwei
• The art of kabuki theatre
• Dining with Beauty and the Beast
• The drawings of Jacques-Louis David
Plus: a touring display of Islamic arts in France, the hellish mining scenes of George Bissell, Madame de Pompadour’s porcelain, and a preview of Asia Week New York
Inside this issue
Past issues
January 2023
Mike Nelson | Rubens | Lucian Freud
December 2022
Proud Mary | Henry Fuseli | The Fitzwilliam Museum
November 2022
Peanuts | Tutankhamun’s tomb | William Kentridge
October 2022
Bernice Bing | Marianne Werefkin | Ibrahim El-Salahi
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‘It’s about a sense of atmosphere’ – an interview with Mike Nelson
As the artist prepares for his show at the Hayward Gallery, he talks about using the remains of today to reimagine the past
The landscape that shaped Gainsborough’s view of the world
The painter’s house in Suffolk now tells a compelling story about his formative influence
The irresistible cool of Bernice Bing
The Asian Art Museum is reviving interest in a painter who was at the heart of San Francisco’s arts scene in her lifetime, but all too quickly forgotten after her death
The film-makers who deserve a fair hearing
While Peter Strickland’s most recent feature sends up sound artists, Georgina Starr’s short makes for a more challenging listen