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Obituariesfeature

Remembering Joseph Rykwert, influential writer and teacher on the theory of architecture

Warsaw-born RIBA gold medal winner, who became the professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, changed architectural understanding

Remembering Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, groundbreaking director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

Charismatic leader who steered the museum through a difficult period in the 1980s, and later became a university vice-chancellor

Booksreview

From picture frames to cloakrooms: what makes a successful museum

A new book by the designer Dinah Casson takes readers behind the scenes

Blockbusters aren’t the be-all and end-all

Art exhibitions have been pulling in the crowds for centuries