Cover The refurbished Dutch Galleries at the Wallace Collection, London Photo: David Vintiner See the article on pp.50–55

AprIl 2012 £5.95

The INTerNATIoNAl ArT MAgAzINe

The New Dutch galleries at the Wallace Collection | Chardin’s house of Cards

A private Collection of Futurist Art | Avant-garde Jewellery

Antiquities from the Swiss National Museum | Segantini’s Alpine Masterpiece

CONTENTS APRIL 2012 VOLUME CLXXV NO. 597

13 Editor’s Letter The artist as collector 14 Agenda

What’s on around the world in April

Features 20 An Eye for the Avant-Garde

Susan Moore talks to Giancarlo and Danna Olgiati about their remarkable collection of avant-garde art 30 A Unique Heritage

Anne Kapeller introduces highlights from the Swiss National Museum’s archaeological holdings 36 Spring in the Alps

Beat Stutzer on the Alpine inspiration behind Segantini’s famous symbolist composition 42 The House of Cards

Juliet Carey explores the subtle thematic variations in a group of Chardin’s figure scenes, on display at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire 50 A Taste for Blue

Lucy Davis and Christoph Martin Vogtherr introduce the Wallace Collection’s refurbished Dutch Galleries 56 The Nation’s Art Revealed

Charles Saumarez Smith talks to Dr Fred Hohler about the work of the Public Catalogue Foundation 60 Art to Adorn

Yvonne J. Markowitz analyses the relationship between the Studio Jewellery Movement and sculpture

The Olgiatis: pp. 20–26

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