Past Issue
October 2023
In this issue
• Getting ruff and ready with Frans Hals
• Sophie Calle takes on Picasso
• Can museums cope without dodgy donors?
• What Mark Rothko learned in Europe
Plus: Daniel Katz’s outstanding collection of Islamic pottery, the women Rubens kept on painting, a preview of Paris+ par Art Basel, 40 under 40 USA revealed, and reviews of Joshua Reynolds in Plymouth, the Surreal fantasies of Remedios Varos in Chicago and Palestinian embroidery in Cambridge.
Past issues
February 2025
Can American art escape the culture wars? | Poking fun at 18th-century Paris | Donald Duck’s fowl play
January 2025
The art of divination | an interview with Jake Grewal | will the market recover in 2025?
December 2024
Rachel Ruysch | What museums think about climate protests | Apollo Awards 2024
November 2024
Japanese art at the MFA Boston | Christian Marclay | collecting haute couture
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