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Forest Fire—Forests

What's the most creative force in the forest? Andrew C Scott believes that it's fire.

Perfumer, Roja Dove, explains the power of the heady scents of the forest.

Forests are the perfect place for outlaw artists to hide, says writer Will Ashon.

Singer Nancy Kerr explains why forests provide such perfect metaphors in folk music.

Fiona Stafford asks why artists are drawn to the imaginative possibilities of the forest.

5/5 Martin Gayford goes to France to experience the strange personal museum of Anselm Kiefer.

4/5 A perplexed Martin Gayford is in Iceland to look at artist Roni Horn's Library of Water.

3/5 Martin Gayford goes to the Marche in Italy on a quest to find pictures by Lorenzo Lotto.

2/5 Martin Gayford travels to Naoshima Island in Japan, a paradise of contemporary art.

1/5 Martin Gayford recounts his worldwide journeys in search of rare pieces of art.