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Influencer, politician, museum director: what Eike Schmidt did next

After overhauling the Uffizi Galleries and running for mayor of Florence, Schmidt is now making his mark in a new destination

J.S. Marcus

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Profile of a ruler: how Sheikh Sultan shaped Sharjah’s art scene

A champion of the arts, Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi has transformed the emirate into a key cultural hub

Melissa Gronlund

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A profile of Annabelle Selldorf | ‘I’m not afraid of asserting myself—but it’s not about wanting to be powerful for the sake of it’

Award-garlanded, commission-rich and lavishly praised, Selldorf is the art world’s go-to architect

Dale Berning Sawa

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Tim Burton as great as Warhol, says MoMA in the lead up to its exhibition on the director

The curator of an exhibition which includes over 700 of the film-maker’s drawings, paintings, graphic works and photographs, believes Burton will come to be seen as one of the most influential artists of our time

Sarah Douglas