Apollo

June 2008

Features:

• Editorial Blog on with the Goncourts
• 10 to catch What’s on around the world in June
• a World lEadEr Michael hall interviews the duke and duchess of devonshire at home at chatsworth
• london in JunE Susan Moore previews the leading fairs and sales in london’s biggest month for the art market
• thE GoldEn aGE rEturnS hannah obee discusses the redisplay of chatsworth’s State apartment, originally created for the 1st duke of devonshire
• a royal BEd at chatSWorth annabel Westman unravels the mystery behind the newly- conserved state bed on display at chatsworth
• WEalthy in art louise nicholson visits the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, home of the collection created by Ernst Beyeler
• lÉGEr: FathEr oF pop? to mark a major new exhibition at the Beyeler, philippe Büttner discusses the impact of america on Fernand l é ger and his influence on a whole generation of us artists
• BaroquE ExuBErancE the collection of late-17th-century delft flower vases at chatsworth reveals both the taste and the politics of the 1st duke of devonshire, explains hannah obee
• cryinG in thE WildErnESS charles avery presents new evidence that a bronze St John the Baptist in the Bargello was originally part of the holy-water stoup in SS annunziata, Florence
• artiSt in viEW Martin Gayford talks spirituality and emptiness with the sculptor anish Kapoor
• architEcturE Gavin Stamp on the restoration of Munich’s art galleries
• art MarKEt Susan Moore previews art Basel, and assesses last month’s major sales in new york and london
• aSian art Susan Moore looks forward to a brace of fairs in Brussels
• collEctorS’ FocuS lucian harris on the market for islamic carpets
• art BuSinESS auction houses are becoming reluctant to offer price guarantees. What does this signify for the art market, asks Ben Wright?