Lace-making is an exacting craft – and who gets to wear the results is an equally delicate matter
Once overlooked by both artists and collectors, the urgency of landscape studies holds an obvious appeal for modern audiences
The artist refused to paint people, preferring instead to focus on remote landscapes and natural phenomena
They're now little more than popular amusements – but with their discomfiting realism, wax effigies were once considered fit for royalty
Akseli Gallen-Kallela is best-known for his pretty lakeside views, but he also yearned for political independence and spiritual fulfilment
