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March 2021
• The world of Noël Coward
• Has the UK government abandoned the arts?
• An interview with Gillian Wearing
• Francis Bacon’s obsession with beasts
Plus: the tent-tomb of Richard Burton, the pros and cons of colourising old photographs, Louis Kahn’s concrete castles, the Royal Collection’s most attentive royal curator, and the Uffizi’s new cooking show
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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
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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
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
How Oxford became a pale shade of its former self
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