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Articles in April, 2008 issue of Apollo

• The orange revolution: Tim Richardson explains how the restoration of Hampton Court's Lower Orangery Garden provides a window into late-17th-century politics as well as horticultural fashion
  by Tim Richardson
• A vision of England: the decade after World War II was a golden age of illustrated topographical books on Britain. among the finest were those published by Paul Elek
  by Gavin Stamp
• Urns for heroes: this book on Fletcher and Gardiner fills a major gap in our knowledge of American silver
  by Martin Chasin
• Taking a new route through modern art: as part of its Transformation project, Los Angeles County Museum of Art's collections of 20th-century art have been reinstalled in the Ahmanson Building. As Stephanie Barron explains, the collection has itself been t
  by Stephanie Barron
• Around the galleries: April offers op art by Richard Allen, fine ceramics in Belgium and a retrospective of Filippo Vitale in Milan
  by Isabel Andrews
• Directory of International Shippers of Art & Antiques
• Directory of Conservators & Restorers of Art & Antiques
• Market review: February's Impressionist and modern sales in London saw German expressionists take their turn to break records. Meanwhile, the inaugural art and antiques Dubai fair got off to a good start and Banksy did unexpectedly well in New York
  by Susan Moore
• Old Masters for New Masters: Jeff Koons's purchase of a late-medieval sculpture suggests that contemporary artists have a subtler understanding of the history of art than their admirers realise
  by Michael Hall
• Weapons of imperialism: As an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum makes tellingly clear, maps embody complex cultural meanings
  by Huw Lewis-Jones
• Directory of British Art & Antique Dealers
• Art business: salerooms are still setting records, but stock market sentiment warns that a recession is likely to hit the art market soon
  by Ben Wright
• Taming the monster: the opening of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum marks the first stage in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's dramatic transformation. Its designer, Renzo Piano, hopes to bring order to LACMA's muddled site
  by Patrick McCaughey
• DeWint discoveries: despite the high reputation that Peter DeWint's watercolours have always enjoyed, there has been oddly little curiosity about what they represent. Timothy Wilcox presents new discoveries that reveal how essential topographical accuracy
  by Timothy Wilcox
• Multicultural island mix: Julian Treuherz reviews a remarkably ambitious exhibition in Germany that traces the complex course of Sicilian art from prehistory to Garibaldi
  by Julian Treuherz
• Art on the wards: this richly documented account of hospitals in renaissance Florence makes clear their significance as centres for the patronage of architecture and art
  by Thomas Tuohy
• God almighty! Is the cliche that art galleries have replaced churches as places of spiritual reflection borne out by the way that artists tackle religion?
  by Simon Grant
• Glittering stars: This comprehensive overview of Scottish silver, from medieval times to striking contemporary commissions, celebrates a proud and thriving tradition
  by Philippa Glanville
• Market preview: A celebrated dealer's furniture goes on sale, featuring a chair with a distinguished provenance, and Paris holds its annual Salon du Dessin
  by Susan Moore
• Scientific serenity: Judy Egerton's magnificent catalogue raisonne of George Stubbs celebrates the 'tender candour' of one of the greatest artists of the age of reason
  by Andrew Wilson
• Whitman on the tube: Peyton Skipwith welcomes a definitive account of Charles Holden, the architect who more than any other shaped the image of the London Underground
  by Peyton Skipwith
• A master potter: in the July 1930 issue, H. Granville Fell described the career of Josiah Wedgwood and how time in his sickbed spent researching his craft led him to become one of the world's greatest ceramicists
  by H. Granville Fell
• Drawings in Dresden: more newly identified works by Italian masters: Carmen Bambach concludes her publication of new discoveries in the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden with drawings by artists of the cinquecento and early seicento
  by Carmen Bambach
• Protectors of the kingdom: bronzes are a neglected aspect of Egyptian art, but an exhibition now in Switzerland reveals the great significance of the finest examples
  by Guy Weill Goudchaux
• Directory of International Picture Framers
• Asian art market: prices for Chinese contemporary art may be about to peak but there is plenty—old and new—to tempt buyers in Hong Kong in April
  by Susan Moore
• Ten to catch: Apollo's selection for the month ahead
• 'Furious and fantastick': The Cooper-Hewitt's exhibition on Piranesi—now in Haarlem-compellingly examines the way that he used his knowledge of classical art to reinvigorate modern design
  by David Adshead
• Art at speed: a key part of Los Angeles County Museum of Art's transformation is the newly-opened Broad Contemporary Art Museum, the result of Eli Broad's philanthropy and insatiable appetite for art: Louise Nicholson talks to him at his LA home
  by Louise Nicholson
• British prints before 1939: this is a market of two distinct parts—Old Masters and inter-war moderns. Both are performing strongly, with the latter attracting strong new interest on both sides of the Atlantic
  by Annie Blinkhorn
• Directory of specialist consultants and valuers
• Poets of the metropolis. Spencer Gore and Harold Gilman emerge as the central figures of the Camden Town group in this Tate exhibition
  by Simon Poe