Ice Age Art Now

REVIEW BY HANNA MCNULTY What if Ice Age art was not confined to glass cases or academic articles, but displayed in galleries alongside contemporary artists? In Ice Age Art Now, Jill Cook curates just that experience. Spanning the final 20,000 years of the Ice Age, this beautifully illustrated book is structured into seven thematic sections. Each section invites thoughtful engagement with individual pieces of Palaeolithic art. While the archaeological context is present, it is never overwhelming. Notably, Cook avoids framing the works as stages of artistic ‘progress’. Whether it’s the Swimming Reindeer from Montastruc or schematic females from Courbet, each piece is treated a