LONDON — Since Tate Britain reopened last month after a five-month pandemic shutdown, the museum has been bustling. Visitors in masks have roamed its galleries, halls and atrium again, enjoying the huge collection of British art, from 16th-century portraits to contemporary installations. Yet one room remains out of bounds, and […]
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John Rosselli’s Stair Galleries Auction Is the Sale of the Year
A year ago this week, design lovers the world over pulled up their browsers to the Sotheby’s site and frantically refreshed as the collection of Mario Buatta, the so-called Prince of Chintz, was enthusiastically sold off to his admirers around the world. Next week, many of those same design lovers […]
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Favourite UK museums and galleries: readers’ travel tips
Winning tip: Old friends in Birmingham I recently visited the newly reopened Barber Institute of Fine Arts at Birmingham University (free but advance booking essential). It was the last gallery I visited before lockdown, and the first since, and it was like seeing old friends. It is a little jewel […]