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November 2019
• The Peabody Essex Museum makes waves
• An interview with Betye Saar
• Are museums doing enough for disabled visitors?
• Magic and manuscripts in medieval Ethiopia
Plus: a preview of Asian art in London and reviews of Charlotte Perriand’s designs at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, the first biography of the painter Mary Beale and Christopher S. Wood’s A History of Art History
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Past issues
September 2020
Belle époque | Nalini Malani | Palazzo Schifanoia
July/August 2020
Eric Fischl | Andrea Palladio | John Cage
June 2020
Alfredo Jaar | Bernard Leach | Lee Miller
May 2020
Julio Le Parc | MFA Boston | Rebuilding Notre-Dame
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