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May Book Bag: from a comic compendium inspired by MoMA to a turning point in the history of photography
Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition, contributors include Nancy Newhall, Aperture, 112pp, £30 (pb) First published by Aperture in 1965…
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The Voynich Manuscript revealed: five things you probably did not know about the Medieval masterpiece
Often described as the “world’s most mysterious manuscript”, the Voynich Manuscript is written in an unknown script and filled with…
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East meets West in Venice: the unlikely love affair between a Hermitage curator and a Cambridge don
Iain Pears calls his book “a simple tale of two people from a world long ago who meet and fall…
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“Anti-biography” rips apart the myth of Leonardo as a solitary genius
In the opening pages of Leonardo da Vinci: An Untraceable Life, Stephen J. Campbell, the Henry and Elizabeth Wiesenfeld professor…
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Sex, beauty and the body—how Helen Chadwick shaped British contemporary art
Provocative, punky and perverse are just a handful of the adjectives often used to describe the work of Helen Chadwick…
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An expert’s guide to artists’ books: four must-read publications on the genre
Artists’ books provide an intimate experience between the reader and the artist, but can sometimes be tricky to get to…
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Edward Gorey’s surreal back-of-the-envelope illustrations tell a moving story
It is not unusual for writers’ correspondence to be collected in a volume of its own. It is far rarer…
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Former Sotheby’s chairman recounts the birth of the London art market as we know it
Every year, visitors to the great London auction houses can see some of the finest and most eclectic examples of…
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New book explores the complex history of Jewish country houses – The Art Newspaper
Jews were barred from owning land in most of Europe (the Netherlands being a rare exception) until the late 18th…
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New book tells the story of a century of Middle Eastern art – The Art Newspaper
Saeb Eigner’s ambitious, timely overview of Middle Eastern art from 1900 to today features more than 250 prominent and lesser-known…
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