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The symbolism and rituals of Iranian new year
Nowruz – Iranian new year – is celebrated as the season changes. Between spring-cleaning and fire-jumping, seven plates are laid in a symbolic arrangement of individual artistry. And this year, the festival has added political significance
Architect Piero Portaluppi’s remarkable stone collection
Genealogy met geology when the grandson of architect
Piero Portaluppi took over his forebear’s Milan flat – and his ancient marbles
Piero Portaluppi took over his forebear’s Milan flat – and his ancient marbles
Stop press! Inside master printmaker Norman Ackroyd’s studio
Norman Ackroyd, a prolific printmaker with forensic knowledge of etching, opens the doors to his ‘factory’ – a former leather warehouse in Bermondsey containing a trove of art-making delights
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Highlights from Tefaf Maastricht
Tefaf is a museum with price tags, as visitors — an expected 70,000 by the time it closes on 19 March – will discover. Here is a selection of the treasures on show
Sign us up: inside one of the last pub-sign painter’s studios
Where might you meet William Shakespeare, Queen Victoria and Punch and Judy at any one time? The Cornish workshop of Andrew Grundon, a heritage craftsman who’s been in with the inn crowd for years. Last orders for trade indeed!
Title Tattle: Nicholas Cullinan
The most inspiring books recommended by the National Portrait Gallery’s dynamic director
Iris Apfel’s greatest achievement was her refusal to disappear
Design guru Iris Apfel, whose clients ranged from Greta Garbo to President Clinton, was a ‘true American original’, an ‘eccentric’ and a ‘geriatric starlet’. But her greatest achievement was her refusal to disappear
Polychrome monograph: Sophie Ashby’s new book traces a colourful career
An aversion to white-walled minimalism has made Sophie Ashby one of the most distinctive and desired designers around. Studio Ashby: Home, Art, Soul gives readers an insight into what unites her diverse projects
Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh furniture rediscovered
Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier were instrumental in the design of Chandigarh in northern India, including the furniture for the city’s public buildings. A recent public exhibition of a singular private collection prompts a retelling of a monumental Modernist design story
Refreshingly different things to do this March
What to do, see and eat in the UK this month, from open gardens to craft fairs
Awesome undertaking: a chapel of rest turned studio in Surrey
Creator of bespoke furniture, lighting and sculpture, artist Ian Bishop can finally wrest in peace now he’s ensconced in his slightly unorthodox workspace
Emerging makers to seek out at Collect art fair
As the influential emerging-artists showcase prepares to hit Somerset House, we round up the makers we’re most keen to see
Love me tender: A new exhibition at Tenderbooks, London, pulls focus on compassion
In a wider context of economic, political and climate crisis, six women artists call instead for tenderness to be prioritised
Our highlights from Nomad St. Moritz 2024
WoI’s Style Director handpicks his top moments from the celebrated travelling arts fair
