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Arts

The import export controversy There's nothing new about export controls on works of art, as Jonathan Scott explains Saved: the Becket Casket E XPORT STOP ON THE THREE GRACES,......

Exhibitions

Absolut Vision (Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, till 23 February) Fashion parade Andrew Lambirth P eople are forever lamenting the death of painting and then announcing its mirac-......