This breathtaking exhibition celebrates a golden age of mughal art

A Rajasthan tiger hunt picture and a silver kiddush cup from Khurasan with coeval inscriptions in Hebrew and Arabic starred at two sales that put the spotlight on the art of Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

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Cultural Crusader

The gargantuan, bewildering Louvre

The Ear of the Beholder Huon Mallalieu (Thomas ...