As the popularity of collecting fairs and Pinterest would attest, we are a nation of magpie obsessions.
Renaissance expert Professor Nandini Das reveals the story behind the Cabinet of Curiosities - the original collecting craze that began in Renaissance Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, and which is experiencing a surprising revival in the work of contemporary artists today.
Netflix now has an 8 episode series based on the book Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions by Guillermo del Toro.
Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NDTSe4Y5JE&t=6sPart 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM5xSyb5EP4
