September 2017

  • The Scythians at the British Museum

    The Scythians at the British Museum

    โ€œThe Scythians: Warriors of ancient Siberiaโ€ is the title of a major new exhibition at the British Museum, London, running until 14th January. The show attempts to redeem from oblivion the culture and character of a people who strewed their path across the steppe with gold but who are otherwise…

  • Rogues’ Gallery by Philip Hook

    Rogues’ Gallery by Philip Hook

    Philip Hook: Roguesโ€™ Gallery: A History of Art and its Dealers. Profile Books, London, 2017. In May 2017, I visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner  Museum in Boston for the second time. Housed in a neo-Renaissance palazzo with courtyards and galleries, it is crammedโ€”one might say clutteredโ€”with the extraordinary collection of…

  • Ferragamo’s Return

    Ferragamo’s Return

    Florence is determined to keep its place as a centre of fashion (despite fierce competition from Milan). Of the famous โ€œPittiโ€ fashion shows, which are held throughout the year, the most prestigious remains โ€œPitti Uomoโ€, which takes place for a week in June. This year Eike Schmidt, director of the…

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