Features
Best in show | Vivian Maier: Self-portrait, undated, MK Gallery
A shot that shows how the enigmatic photographer created presence through absence
Museum of… Royal College of Music Museum, London
This wide-ranging collection features the world’s earliest-known stringed keyboard and an original Mozart concerto manuscript
Show time | The evolution of exhibition design
A new archive is being set up that will chart the transformation in exhibition design over the last 40 years. Stephen Greenberg, one of the pioneers in the field, looks back at this ever-changing discipline
Cultural heritage: making the intangible tangible
A new strategy around intangible cultural heritage will shine a brighter light on the rituals, festivals and traditions of communities across the country
Why folk art is no longer the endangered species of the art world
Compton Verney is engaging with contemporary communities to build on its extensive collection of folk art
Capturing the magic of folklore collections
Audiences are enchanted by the romance of folkloric objects, so why are they still the poor cousin in museum collections?
Best in show | Wow Bush/Turmoil in Full Bloom, 1977, by Sheila Hicks
How the artist embraced a delay caused by the pandemic to evolve her show at the Hepworth Wakefield
Museum of… British Red Cross Museum, London
Pippa Kelly is treated to a tour of this extensive archive that celebrates 150 years of helping people in crisis across the globe
Tales of the unexpected | Hans Christian Andersen’s House, Denmark
This interactive museum dedicated to the fairy-tale author is full of surprising twists, writes Pippa Kelly
Let there be light
As the Lindisfarne Gospels return to north east England, John Holt talks to the organisers of a host of events that celebrate the region’s history and shine a modern light on an ancient treasure
