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Articles in Oct, 2005 issue of Apollo

• Henri-Cartier Bresson: A Biography
  by John Jolliffe
• The British Museum is taking on a new role
• How Canova and Wellington honoured Napoleon: when the Duke of Wellington was given Canova's monumental statue of Napoleon as Mars in 1816, he placed it in the stairwell of Apsley House in London. This position is often interpreted as a calculated insult t
  by Julius Bryant
• A collector in hot pursuit of the emperor: in only a few years Pierre-Jean Chalencon has assembled one of the world's finest new Napoleonica collections. Christopher Woodward visited him in his apartment in Paris to talk about his passion for Napoleon and
  by Christopher Woodward
• Not just oil and canvas: a rich selection of Van Gogh's drawings moves to New York this month, following its showing in Amsterdam. Martin Bailey welcomes this concentration on a neglected aspect of the artist's work, which raises important issues, such as
  by Martin Bailey
• White Salt-Glazed Stoneware of the British Isles
  by Hilary Young
• The Republic of Ireland has announced that it intends to establish an independent Irish Heritage Trust that will preserve major buildings
• Aboriginal art: Although some museums and art fairs still categorise Aboriginal art as ethnography, the market for it has grown in the past thirty years from nothing to nearly $100 million a year. Rebecca Hossack explains why it appeals to so many collect
  by Rebecca Hossack
• Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement
  by Tim Richardson
• The Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art, Madrid, opened its new wing on 28 September
• Death—and transfiguration?
  by Michael Hall
• Delaroche, Napoleon and English collectors
  by Stephen Bann
• Under the vandals' hammer: the wilful destruction of historic monuments does not belong to a barbaric, bygone era. In Saudi Arabia, historic sites are being deliberately razed by religious fundamentalists
• Two paintings by Manet of 1878 that began as a single composition have been reunited for the first time
• The best of failed painters: the exhibition of Roger Fenton's photographs that opens at Tate Britain this month reveals to David Platzer the influence of Turner, Ingres and English Romantic poetry
  by David Platzer
• Pathology of an era: France's obsession with its supposed degeneracy lies at the heart of Richard Thomson's ambitious attempt to relate French visual culture of the 1890s to its political and social context
  by Christopher Riopelle
• Daniel Fisher, ceramicist: among the exhibitors in Joanna Bird's popular annual exhibition of contemporary ceramics at Browse & Darby, London, is Daniel Fisher, who uses innovative techniques to create vessels of great delicacy. Amicia de Moubray talk
  by Amicia de Moubray
• The only European renaissance portrait of an African man has been acquired by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
• Geh-ry! Geh-ry! A strong curatorial vision makes the MARTA museum in Herford, Germany, designed by Frank Gehry, more than just a landmark building
  by Javier Pes
• On your marks—the season starts! Fairs form the nucleus for frenetic autumn activity in London and New York, while a princely collection is auctioned at a fairy-tale castle in Germany
  by Susan Moore
• The vanishing boat
  by Eric Shanes
• How England first saw Bonaparte: a painting by Francesco Cossia commissioned by Maria Cosway in 1797 was the first true portrait of Napoleon to be seen in England. It was acquired by Sir John Soane, who, as Xavier F. Salomon and Christopher Woodward expla
  by Xavier F. Salomon
• With royal approval the figurehead of HMS Queen Charlotte: earlier this year, a model for the figurehead of HMS Queen Charlotte, launched in 1790, was acquired by the Historic Dockyard, Chatham. Richard Hunter explains the importance of this carving, a de
  by Richard Hunter
• The Guggenheim's exhibition of Russian art is a triumph for its impresario-director
  by Louise Nicholson
• New Yorkers need to focus their eyes upwards on Manhattan's downtown streets this month
• Garden of foreboding: Ian Hamilton Finlay's eightieth birthday has been celebrated by three exhibitions in Edinburgh and tours of his garden, Little Sparta. Tim Richardson explores Finlay's mixture of lyricism, wit and implicit violence
  by Tim Richardson
• 'Hi, I'm in a museum'
  by Rupert LeStrange
• Around the galleries: there are several remarkable rarities on offer this month in London and New York, writes Susannah Woolmer, including Ethiopian manuscripts, poignant photographs of a vanished Africa—and a splendid cup to toast Trafalgar Day
  by Susannah Woolmer
• Tate Britain's director, Stephen Deuchar, explains to Samson Spanier the new re-hang at the museum, which includes types of art never previously exhibited there
  by Samson Spanier
• Don't drain the pool in the V&A's garden
  by Donald W. Larson
• 10 to catch: Apollo's selection for the month ahead
• Did Dickens know best? In February 1981, Anthony Powell reviewed Jane Cohen's book on Charles Dickens and his illustrators
  by Anthony Powell