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• Select Fantastic beasts: Ray Harryhausen was a stop-motion whiz in a league of his own

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  Fantastic beasts: Ray Harryhausen was a stop-motion whiz in a league of his own

  Author:James PurdonFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 20211,125 words Article 1540LRay Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two) 24 October 2020-5 September Catalogue by Vanessa Harryhausen ISBN 9781911054344 (paperback), 27.95 [pounds sterling]...
• Select Rate of return: The French parliament recently passed a law returning historic artefacts to the Republic of Benin and Senegal but, in a changing political climate, is the official appetite for restitution waning before real progress is made?

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  Rate of return: The French parliament recently passed a law returning historic artefacts to the Republic of Benin and Senegal but, in a changing political climate, is the official appetite for restitution waning before real progress is made?

  Author:Valeria Costa-KostritskyFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 20212,377 words Article 1510LOn 4 November 2020, the French Senate voted unanimously for a law allowing the return of 26 artefacts to the Republic of Benin and one to Senegal within a year. Until now the items have been held in the Musee du Quai...
• Select Stitches in time: Christina J. Faraday considers the once common practice of putting dates on household objects

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  Stitches in time: Christina J. Faraday considers the once common practice of putting dates on household objects

  Author:Christina J. FaradayFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 20211,079 words Book review 1440LMarking Time: Objects, People and Their Lives, 1500-1800 Edward Town and Angela McShane (eds.) Yale Center for British Art, 50 [pounds sterling] ISBN 9780300254105 In the Museum of London there is a white...
• Select Can historic houses tell more stories than they have done? Despite recent complaints that organisations such as the National Trust are 'rewriting' history, the real challenge is how historic properties can present a fuller and more complex account of the past.

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  Can historic houses tell more stories than they have done? Despite recent complaints that organisations such as the National Trust are 'rewriting' history, the real challenge is how historic properties can present a fuller and more complex account of the past.

  Authors:Olivia Horsfall Turner and Oliver CoxFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 20211,384 words Column 1610LOlivia Horsfall Turner Writing in 1709, the playwright-turned-architect Sir John Vanbrugh observed the widespread enthusiasm for touring old buildings. Some sites were valued 'for their magnificence, or curious...
• Select Scandi style: Swedish painter Anders Zorn was as fascinated by high society as he was by rural life, writes Clare Bucknell

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  Scandi style: Swedish painter Anders Zorn was as fascinated by high society as he was by rural life, writes Clare Bucknell

  Author:Clare BucknellFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 20211,138 words Article 1450LAnders Zorn 10 October 2020-31 January Kunstmuseum Den Haag In 1880, Anders Zorn showed a watercolour titled In Mourning at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, where he'd been studying for five years...
• Select Art Market

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  Art Market

  Author:Susan MooreFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 20212,380 words Market overview 1410LIn January, a rare surviving portrait by Sandro Botticelli and a biblical painting by Rembrandt headline auctions in New York. A mood of anxiety and restraint reigned at sales in November, with Japanese art faring...
• Select Collectors' Focus Tapestries

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  Collectors' Focus Tapestries

  Author:Emma Crichton-MillerFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 20211,351 words Article 1400LWe are in a golden age of scholarship on tapestries, though an uneven market does not always reflect the fact. Certain themes unicorns, oversized greenery--always hold value, however, and smaller fragments can be an...
• Select Revisiting the past

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  Revisiting the past

  Author:Thomas MarksFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 2021711 words Editorial 1400LThe Second World War and its aftermath was an intense period of negotiating the transfer of properties from private owners to the National Trust. As the secretary to its Country House Scheme, James Lees-Milne was...
• Select Tang dynasties: As the grand project of a Nuremberg merchant reveals, citrus fruit once enjoyed an elevated status, writes Thomas Marks

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  Tang dynasties: As the grand project of a Nuremberg merchant reveals, citrus fruit once enjoyed an elevated status, writes Thomas Marks

  Author:Thomas MarksFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 2021999 words Book review 1440LThe Book of Citrus Fruits (Taschen) For a work of conceptual art, Roelof Louw's Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) (1967) is unusually generous. Some 5,800 oranges are stacked neatly in a wooden frame on the floor of a...
• Select AN ANTIQUE DISPOSITION

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  AN ANTIQUE DISPOSITION

  Author:Peter StewartFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 20212,362 words Article 1400LThomas Herbert's gathering of ancient sculpture at Wilton House was heralded during his lifetime--but he would come to be seen as a dupe. Three centuries on, the ' collection grants fascinating insights into how...
• Select 'There are gestures, both clear-cut and cryptic, to Niki de Saint Phalle's life': Jo Lawson-Tancred visits the artist's Tarot Garden in Tuscany

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  'There are gestures, both clear-cut and cryptic, to Niki de Saint Phalle's life': Jo Lawson-Tancred visits the artist's Tarot Garden in Tuscany

  Author:Jo Lawson-TancredFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 20211,094 words Travel narrative 1310LThe flat farmland that surrounds the medieval hamlet of Garavicchio in Tuscany is punctuated by one densely verdant hill. Approached by car, its southern slope comes slowly into view and, with it, the startling...
• Select CONSERVATORS & RESTORERS OF ART & ANTIQUES.

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  CONSERVATORS & RESTORERS OF ART & ANTIQUES.

  From:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 2021 Directory, Brief art... CONSERVATORS & RESTORERS OF ART & ANTIQUES RUPERT HARRIS Conservators of historic CONSERVATION and modern sculpture, in LTD all materials. Established 1982. ICON Accredited. No.1 Fawe Street, London E14 6PD |...
• Select That fads might play a part in restoration was anathema to one Apollo critic in 1970

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  That fads might play a part in restoration was anathema to one Apollo critic in 1970

  Author:Robert O'ByrneFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 2021783 words Column 1340LLast June the Spanish media carried reports that a copy of Murillo's Immaculate Conception had been left looking somewhat less immaculate after its owner paid a furniture restorer 1,200 [euro] to clean the picture. Then...
• Select INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONEERS OF ART & ANTIQUES

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  INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONEERS OF ART & ANTIQUES

  From:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 2021 Brief article, Direc... INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONEERS OF ART & ANTIQUES England OLYMPIA Arms and Armour, British AUCTIONS & Continental Pictures, T +44 (0)20 7806 5541 European & Asian Works of Art, Maritime & Scientific Models, Instruments & Fine...
• Select DELIGHTING IN THE DETAIL

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  DELIGHTING IN THE DETAIL

  Author:Susan OwensFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 20212,600 words Critical essay 1220LIn the mid 19th century British landscape art zoomed in on the minutiae. Seeing mountains in rocks and 'little low heavens' in birds' nests, artists from Ruskin to Richard Dadd became fascinated by the ground beneath...
• Select INTERNATIONAL ART & ANTIQUE DEALERS

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  INTERNATIONAL ART & ANTIQUE DEALERS

  From:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 2021 Brief article, Direc... INTERNATIONAL ART & ANTIQUE DEALERS Old Master Picture Dealers RAFAEL VALLS Fine Paintings and T+44 (0)20 7930 1144 Drawings 11 Duke Street, St. James's, London SW1Y 6BN | Fax 020 7976 1596 | info@rafaelvalls.co.uk |...
• Select THE PLOT THICKENS

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  THE PLOT THICKENS

  Author:Matthew SperlingFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 20212,544 words In memoriam 1510LPatricia Highsmith's Ripley thrillers are among the greatest literary explorations of deceit. Less well known are her drawings, which helped her to navigate the world--and which have an authenticity that belies her...
• Select Off the shelf

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  Off the shelf

  From:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 2021337 words Brief article, Recom... 1680LApollo's selection of recently published books on art, architecture and the history of collecting Restless Enterprise: The Art and Life of Eliza Pratt Greatorex Katherine Manthorne University of California Press, 29...
• Select 'Debates in the school rapidly became facts on the ground': Douglas Murphy on the Architectural Association

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  'Debates in the school rapidly became facts on the ground': Douglas Murphy on the Architectural Association

  Author:Douglas MurphyFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 20211,066 words Critical essay 1520LGiven the ancient character of the craft, architecture school is a comparatively recent cultural phenomenon. Emerging from a soup of pupillage, guild-based apprenticeships and enthusiastic amateurship, the idea that you...
• Select Keeping their marbles: Alexander Rostel reviews a rare showing of the Torlonia family's outstanding collection of classical sculptures

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  Keeping their marbles: Alexander Rostel reviews a rare showing of the Torlonia family's outstanding collection of classical sculptures

  Author:Alexander RostelFrom:Apollo (Vol. 193, Issue 693)

  Jan. 20211,406 words Article 1560LThe Torlonia Marbles: Collecting Masterpieces 14 October 2020-29 June Musei Capitolini (Villa Caffarelli), Rome Catalogue (in Italian) by Salvatore Settis and Carlo Gasparri (eds.) ISBN 9788891829252 (hardback), 39...