Features
Four Fake Exhibitions
Is there value in fake art? Several museums and galleries seem to think so, and have mounted exhibitions to prove it
Diary: February Apollo
Extract from our February Diary featuring Diana Campbell Betancourt on the Dhaka Art Summit (7–9 February)
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
In July 2011, the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, embarked on a two-year project to conserve two of its…
Forum: February Apollo
Our February Forum asks ‘Have traditional museum and exhibition catalogues had their day?’