• The German ‘trophy art’ taken to the Soviet Union
• Mid Victorian enthusiasts for Egyptian art
• An interview with Rose Wylie
• On the waterfront: British art and canals
Plus: Has the Sarr-Savoy report on restitution had any effect? modern art in India, a preview of BRAFA and reviews of Bertoldo di Giovanni at the Frick and Troy at the British Museum
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