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Articles in Jan 2006 issue of Apollo
- Taking centre stage for the Asia Society's fiftieth anniversary is John D. Rockefeller 3rd, its founding patron
by Louise Nicholson - A test for connoisseurs: the Musee Jacquemart-Andre has hung some of David's most celebrated works next to an intriguing selection whose autograph status is questioned
by Humphrey Wine - Restoring Khan
- A vision sustained: the British Museum's Samuel Palmer exhibition triumphantly dispels the myth that his inspiration waned as he grew older
by Andrew Wilton - An exotic awakening: the art of Dod Procter: in 1926 the Newlyn painter Dod Procter achieved sudden fame with Morning, still her best-known work. Averil King explores the ways in which Procter's depictions of women and of flowers were influenced by her ex
by Averil King - Fashioning subversion: clothes and their meaning in Paula Rego's paintings: many of the clothes depicted by Paula Rego are part of a large and remarkable collection of outfits kept in her studio. In an interview, she talks to the fashion historian Sanda M
by Sanda Miller - A sculptor in focus: Simon Poe applauds the Henry Moore Institute for a small exhibition that explores the way the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor Thomas Woolner used photography
by Simon Poe - Why don't you etch? Although virtually all the great twentieth-century artists produced prints—ranging from etchings and woodcuts to lithographs and screen prints—the subject remains oddly underrated by many collectors. Martin Gayford, who last
by Martin Gayford - Modern British art: twentieth-century British artists are fetching increasingly high prices. Samson Spanier examines the reasons for this new enthusiasm, and picks out the works that are likely to be sought after in the future
by Samson Spanier - Potted history: the Picasso Museum in Malaga enthrallingly analyses the way traditional ceramics influenced the artist
by Clare Finn - More than mastery of the nude: David Ekserdjian reviews the first comprehensive account of the art of Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo, which bravely tackles the challenging problems of attribution in the careers of two artists who worked with great skill in
by David Ekserdjian - Collecting for Scotland
by Michael Hall - Photography in all its guises
by Russell Roberts - Around the galleries: Susannah Woolmer previews exhibitions with a modern British bias in both London and New York
by Susannah Woolmer - Shattering Leeds myths: Hilary Young welcomes an authoritative survey of the Leeds Pottery, which incisively dispels the many legends that have grown up around this major factory, best known for its creamwares
by Hilary Young - Ten to catch: Apollo's selection for the month ahead
- Remembering 'The Treasure Houses of Britain': 'The Treasure Houses of Britain' remains the biggest exhibition ever staged by the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Twenty years on, Jonathan Marsden, who helped to organise it, assesses the long-term impa
by Jonathan Marsden - Can photographs be yummy? Current exhibitions in London show how photographs by Jeff Wall and Tom Hunter are inspired by old masters. But can photography do anything that painting can't?
by Martin Gayford - Mercantile magnificence: this account of Regency houses is not only beautiful: it is an outstanding historical analysis
by David Watkin - Russian loans threatened
- A new arts and crafts museum
by Alan Crawford - The new deal: dealers are openly offering their stock through Sotheby's, New York, in a new initiative designed to reinforce the middle market
by Susan Moore - 100 metres of conservation
- Contemporary design: inspired by Grinling Gibbons, self-taught carver Shane Raven is a consummate master of his limewood medium. Amicia de Moubray talks to him about his career and the unusual research he undertakes for each commission
by Amicia de Moubray - Betjemanic: the centenary of Sir John Betjeman's birth is an opportunity to celebrate his selfless campaigning for threatened buildings
by Gavin Stamp - Gazing at the Star-lings
- Angelic but the devil is in the details: the Metropolitan Museum's Fra Angelico exhibition poses key questions about the painter—but, says James Beck, the answers are based on a very shaky chronology
by James Beck - Director in a cubby hole: in the February 1982 issue Mahonri Sharp Young wrote an obituary of Alfred Barr, the founding director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, who was fired but refused to leave
by Mahonri Sharp Young - Fire destroys Vasarelys
- Sweetened by silver gifts: Philippa Glanville is impressed by new discoveries at an exhibition of work by goldsmiths in the Hague, which illuminates the role played by silver in court life and diplomacy in both the Netherlands and England
by Philippa Glanville