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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)Luxury after the Terror Iris Moon Penn State University Press, $104.95 ISBN 9780271091617 The mythic, mammoth sales held at Versailles from 1793 to 1794 have inspired both furious polemic and exciting research,...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)Medieval Christians did not distinguish between the natural and the supernatural. For these inhabitants of a world at once wild and religious, what we would call 'nature' encompassed all Creation: visible and invisible,...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)Katrin Bellinger was a renowned dealer in Old Master drawings, but now her own collection includes all kinds of works on paper and oils. She talks to Apollo about her acquisitive urges and the importance of sharing what...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)Persia Ancient Iran and the Classical World Edited by Jeffrey Spier, Timothy Potts, and Sara E. Cole This richly illustrated volume addresses the political, intellectual, religious, and artistic relations between...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)For over 30 years Sao Roque has held an undisputed reputation in the world of Art and Antiques for the rarity and exclusivity of its artworks, in an unmatched symbiosis of quality and guaranteed authenticity. A...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)The Idea of Italy: Photography and the British Imagination, 1840-1900 Maria Antonella Pelizzari and Scott Wilcox (eds.) Yale University Press, 40 [pounds sterling] ISBN 9780300263831 William Henry Fox Talbot...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)The bucranium has always struck me as an odd decorative device to resurrect from the classical past. Don't get me wrong; I'm not the squeamish sort. I once got trapped in a butcher's walk-in fridge, and gave in to panic...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)It is still not known how many people were killed by British troops during the Benin Expedition of February 1897. Many bodies were thrown into mass graves in the ruins of Benin City, once the capital of one of the oldest...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)We all knew it was coming, but I am not sure anyone believed it would actually happen. The super June of art fairs has arrived: the month when Art Basel, BRAFA, TEFAF Maastricht and Masterpiece --not to mention...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents 11 April-31 July Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Catalogue by Stephanie L. Herdrich and Sylvia Yount ISBN 9781588397478 (hardback), 40 [pounds sterling] (Metropolitan Museum of...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)There was a sense of burgeoning energy in the contemporary art scene last month as galleries prepared for the second London Gallery Weekend. More than 150 galleries took part, with many of the exhibitions still open. As...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)New York has a problem. A swarm of super-tall developments, many of them exclusively dedicated to luxury apartments, has appeared on the city's skyline in recent years and, if its growth is not abated, risks ruining it....
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)Art Basel 2022 16-19 June Messe, Basel artbasel.com This year Art Basel hosts 289 galleries at the Messe Basel exhibition hall and across online platforms. Highlights will include a survey of the Swiss Surrealist...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)Pharaoh of the Two Lands: The African Story of the Kings of Napata 28 April-25 July Musee du Louvre, Paris Catalogue (in French) by Vincent Rondot and Falza Drici (eds.) ISBN 9782350317434 (hardback), 39 [euro]...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)1. Rodin in the United States Clark Art Institute, Williamstown 18 June-18 September clarkart.edu The exhibition explores the often overlooked influence of Auguste Rodin in the United States and the changing...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)Amid the buzz of artistic activity in 17th-century Flanders, there is one towering figure: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Creating a vigorous synthesis of Northern European mannerism with Venetian colour and Roman...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)Raphael 9 April-31 July National Gallery, London Catalogue by David Ekserdjian, Tom Henry et al. ISBN 9781857096583 (hardback), 40 [pounds sterling] (National Gallery Company) Despite the shortness of his...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)In recent years, the Mauritshuis has undergone a subtle transformation, adding long-overdue context about its controversial founder. As the institution celebrates its 200th anniversary, Koen Kleijn meets the driving...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 195, Issue 709)This year marks the 25th anniversary of 'Sensation', the cleverly titled exhibition held at the Royal Academy featuring the work of young British artists, or YBAs as they were known, at least until they all became...