Past Issue
July/August 2021
• The photographers who put West Africa in the frame
• The genius of Grinling Gibbons, 300 years on
• An interview with Mamma Andersson
• Flights of fancy: the Spanish Steps in Rome
Plus: the treasures of Lambeth Palace Library, a new model for restitution, a preview of Parcours des Mondes, five thousand years of Iranian art, and a century of baroque Italian set design
Inside this issue
Past issues
November 2024
Japanese art at the MFA Boston | Christian Marclay | collecting haute couture
October 2024
Liliane Lijn | Picasso | Mughal painting | Impressionism
September 2024
Jan Švankmajer | Pompeii | Cat ladies
July/August 2024
Museum of West African Art | Jeremy Frey | Ed Ruscha
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The Mughal emperors who forged a new artistic tradition
At its peak, the Mughal empire brought together scholars and artists of different languages and faiths to create art fit for kings
How Oxford became a pale shade of its former self
The replacement of Boswell’s department store with a luxury hotel is part of a beautification process that has gathered pace in recent years
The cosmic art of Liliane Lijn
The artist has pursued her interest in light, motion and myth across drawing, sculpture and performance for six decades, but it’s her openness to new ideas that really defines her work
The dreams of the Surrealists have become the stuff of our reality
The ideas and images of the artists who unleashed their unconscious on the world a century ago are now part of the fabric of everyday life