Art of Luxury AW25feature
From Marie Antoinette at the V&A to landscape jewellery at Christie's: where the worlds of art and luxury collide this autumn
A thrilling Dior debut in Paris for new creative director Jonathan Anderson, an earthy, wood-themed jewellery collection at Christie’s London by Natasha Wightman, a must-see doll’s house at the Rijksmuseum and shoe king Manolo Blahnik sponsors a V&A exhibition about Marie Antoinette
Booksreview
Book reveals the perilous life and times of Stalin’s most celebrated architect
Boris Iofan, a Jewish architect born in Odesa—whose buildings included the Communist behemoth the “House on the Embankment”—built what the dictator demanded, creating architecture as an instrument of power
Obituariesarchive
Obituary: Gae Aulenti
One of the few Italian women to achieve fame in architecture, not least for turning a train station into the Musée d’Orsay