Have you ever wondered about the true nature of cowrie shells? Where do they come from? Are they simply shells, or is there more to their story? You may have a vague understanding that cowries were ...

No longer confined to beachy souvenir shops, works encrusted with oysters and mussels are showing up in galleries and interiors. Tess Morley’s “Grotesque with curled moustache and protruding tongue” ...