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Here are answers to some questions that readers have submitted on the ‘Contact us’ forms. Why is the magazine called 'Cassone'? A cassone (pronounced ca-soh-neh) was a beautiful, decorated chest in which a wealthy Ital...

8 August – 30 September 2011 Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Now on at the Karsten Schubert gallery, London, ‘2D3D’, the first exhibition of paintings by David Batchelor. The works, which grew out of a series ...

The 20/21 British Art Fair , the fair that champions modern British art, will take place from 14 to 18 September at the Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London. It will be opened by the highly acclaimed author and scriptwriter, Anthony Horowitz, ...

Tuesday 26 July – Thursday 8 September 2011. Public Open Days: 7 & 21 August, & 4 September 2011. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see the work of award-winning conflict photographer Jenny Matthews. It wi...

at The Estorick Collection, London 14 September to 18 December 2011 Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) is one of the key figures of British modernism, having created some of the most iconic and influential commercial imagery to be produ...

Money and Beauty. Bankers, Botticelli and the Bonfire of the Vanities 17 September 2011 to 22 January 2012 Masterpieces by Botticelli, Filippo Lippi, Beato Angelico, Paolo Uccello, Donatello, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Domenico Vene...

A V&A and Crafts Council exhibition This FREE exhibition takes place from 6 September 2011 – 2 January 2012 in the Porter Gallery, the V&A’s gallery for contemporary exhibitions and installations It is op...

24 September 2011 – 15 January 2012 The V&A’s major autumn exhibition will be the first in-depth survey of art, design and architecture of the 1970s and 1980s, examining one of the most contentious p...

The Quest Gallery, Bath, is showing Nigel Hall ’s fine sculptures until Saturday 6 August. From Tuesday 9 August, the Gallery is showing new works by Victoria Achache . Her figurative paintings use colours reminiscent of Matisse. Also on show is...

Renowned artist and filmmaker Patrick Keiller will create an ambitious new project for the Tate Britain Commission 2012, supported by Sotheby’s. His unique installation, developed especially for the neoclassical Duveen galleries at the heart of Ta...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site in Panama is endangered owing to the Panamanian government’s plans to construct a Coastal Highway. Keyes C. Hardin, an American lawyer who has been living and working in Panama City's historic dist...

… Young visitors are invited to unlock the secrets of the Soane Museum and unleash their creativity with a series of holiday workshops Tucked away in Lincoln’s Inn Fields at the heart of London, the magical, mysterious Sir Jo...

‘Separation and Silence’, a new temporary exhibition at the Wandsworth Museum, opens 16 September 2011. Wandsworth Prison is the focus of the display, in particular harsh corrective measures used in the 19th century, namely the ‘separa...