Past Issue
April 2022
In this issue
• What was really behind Surrealism?
• An interview with Cecilia Alemani, Artistic Director of the Venice Biennale
• Revealing the mystery of Bassano’s Quails
• The Venice Pavilions you must see
Plus: Beyond the Biennale, greenwashing in museums, what we’re losing with Bastion House
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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The Mughal emperors who forged a new artistic tradition
The Mughal emperors who forged a new artistic traditionAt its peak, the Mughal empire brought together scholars and artists of different languages and faiths to create art fit for kings
The Sienese painters who sparked a revolution in European art
The innovations of artists in the first half of the 14th century created new pathways for painting for centuries to come
The painter who poked fun at 18th-century Paris
Working in the new medium of pastels, Maurice-Quentin de La Tour portrayed the elites of his day in a style to suit the hedonism of the age
What would Jane Austen say?
Nothing gets a certain type of viewer more hot under the cravat than anachronisms in period drama – but the best inaccuracies are artistically liberating