• Modern art at the Imperial War Museum
• The cover art of Andrew Cranston
• Tashkent bets big on cultural tourism
• Man of the cloth: an interview with Karun Thakar
Plus: social media influencers and the artworld, an unsettling Austrian arts festival, taking Philip Guston on his own terms, and reviews of Manet/Degas at the Met, Irish botanical illustration and the unpredictable art of Nicolas de Staël
How to give back looted objects
UK museums are hamstrung by outdated laws around restitution. It’s time for politicians to end the impasse and give them greater autonomy over their collections