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October 2023
• Getting ruff and ready with Frans Hals
• Sophie Calle takes on Picasso
• Can museums cope without dodgy donors?
• What Mark Rothko learned in Europe
Plus: Daniel Katz’s outstanding collection of Islamic pottery, the women Rubens kept on painting, a preview of Paris+ par Art Basel, 40 under 40 USA revealed, and reviews of Joshua Reynolds in Plymouth, the Surreal fantasies of Remedios Varos in Chicago and Palestinian embroidery in Cambridge.
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Past issues
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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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
Transforming the National Gallery, one painting at a time
The museum’s head of framing, Peter Schade, is quietly changing how we see some of the world’s most famous pictures
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 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