Her love of contemporary art has also recently taken centre stage, with her posting works from her collection on Xiaohongshu, an Instagram-like social media platform popular in mainland China. They …
Extracted from The Light of Asia: A History of Western Fascination with the East by Christopher Harding, published by Allen Lane, January 2024 *** “Honoured emperors and kings, dukes and …
Photo: John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe (Getty Images) You haven’t been to Venice until you have been swarmed by seagulls. The birds are the ones who really control the historic Italian …