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September 2017
The Scythians at the British Museum
“The Scythians: Warriors of ancient Siberia” 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
Philip Hook: Rogues’ 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 crammed—one might say cluttered—with the extraordinary collection of…
Ferragamo’s Return
Florence is determined to keep its place as a centre of fashion (despite fierce competition from Milan). Of the famous “Pitti” fashion shows, which are held throughout the year, the most prestigious remains “Pitti Uomo”, which takes place for a week in June. This year Eike Schmidt, director of the…
