Galerie Canesso

Tableaux anciens

Lavinia Fontana Bologna, 1552 - Rome, 1614

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Portrait of Laura Gonzaga in Green

Oil on canvas, 88 × 112 cm (34 ⁵⁄₈ × 44 ¹⁄₁₆ in)

EXHIBITING AT TEfAf ‒ mAAsTrIcHT ( 16-25 mArcH 2012 ) ‒ BOOTH NO. 378

26, rue Laffitte • 75009 Paris • Tel. + 33 1 40 22 61 71 • Fax + 33 1 40 22 61 81 • e-mail : contact @ canesso.com www.canesso.com Cover Oil flask (lekythos) in the form of Aphrodite, mid-4th century BC Greek, late Classical period Ceramic, ht 19cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See article on pp. 30–36

FEBRUARY 2012 £5.95

THE INTERNATIONAL ART MAGAZINE

Aphrodite and Eros | Anselm Kiefer and Alchemy Christian Levett and his Museum of Classical Art in Mougins

THE ANTIQUITIES

ISSUE

Leonardo at the National Gallery | A New Home for London’s Design Museum

CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2012 VOLUME CLXXV NO. 595

15 Editor’s Letter The ancient and the modern 16 Agenda What’s on around the world in February

Features 20 The Acquisitive Gene

Susan Moore talks to Christian Levett, founder of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art in the South of France 30 The Mythology of Desire

Christine Kondoleon examines representations of beauty, love and sexual desire in the ancient world 40 Ariadne Awakened

Jens Daehner discusses the ways in which the dialogue between modern art and classical antiquity informs the way we view ancient art 48 Art’s Alchemist

Anselm Kiefer talks about his artistic inspirations to Martin Gayford 54 The Tent in the Park

Edwin Heathcote reports on the former Commonwealth Institute building in London, set to become the Design Museum’s new home in 2014

Interview with Christian Levett: pp. 20–26

FEBRUARY 2012 APOLLO 11