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Reviews

Catalogue

Sussex Modernism: Retreat and Rebellion

Temporary exhibition Star Wars Identities, The O2, London

A new exhibition asks interesting questions about how character is formed – and about what makes a good exhibition

Web and mobile

We review the latest websites and apps

Best in show

Leda and the Duck chest, decorated by Duncan Grant, c.1917 - Two Temple Place, London

Web and mobile

We review the latest websites and apps

Rex Whistler: More Than Murals, Mottisfont, Hampshire

A display dedicated to this most overlooked artist is a rare treat, says Caroline Ikin – even if the man himself remains an enigma

Books

Jen Kavanagh welcomes an imaginative challenge to museum orthodoxy

On my bookshelf

The Royal Mint: an Illustrated History, by Graham Dyer

Catalogue

Patrick Forsyth explains why a small suburban museum trust has been getting in with the inn crowd

Life Gallery, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

One of this museum’s family-friendly galleries has been cleverly revitalised. Mary Stones and sons go wild for this reinterpretation of the animal kingdom

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London

Helen Hillyard sees modernist masters impressively displayed in sensitively refurbished galleries

Catalogue

Tom Harper on the book that accompanies a survey of the cartographic influence of 20th-century maps