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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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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
June 2024
Napoleon Bonaparte | Caspar David Friedrich | the Impressionists
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The dealer who launched Picasso
Berthe Weill was as devoted to young artists as she was to the cause of modern art – and her efforts are now receiving belated recognition
How will Paris cope without the Pompidou Centre for five years?
The museum is set to close in 2025, leaving a hole in the city’s arts scene and adding to growing disquiet about its general direction
The surreal films of Jan Švankmajer
When it comes to conjuring the uncanny atmosphere and impossible logic of dreams, the Czech film-maker has few equals
What is the point of the people in architectural drawings?
An exhibition at the Soane Museum shows that technical drawings of buildings are often more complex than they may seem