Cover The Triumph of Pan, 1636 Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) Oil on canvas, 177188cm © The National Gallery See Nicholas Cullinan’s feature on pp. 64–69

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Poussin and Cy Twombly: Painters of arcadia Interiors at Wrest Park | The Birth of russianrussianr avant-avant-agarde art london arTarTar faIrs PrevIeW

hesTer dIaMond’s ColleCTIon by susan Moore | Ben luke previews arTarTar Basel

CONTENTS JUNE 2011 VOLUME CLXXIII NO. 588

23 Editor’s Letter Pointing to the past 24 Agenda What’s on around the world in June

Features 34 London Beckons Susan Moore previews London’s fair season 50 Basel Sets the Agenda Ben Luke reports on the highlights on show at this year’s Art Basel 56 The Ideological Modernist The collector Hester Diamond talks to Susan Moore about her remarkable collecting career –

and why she has thrown ‘good taste’ to the wind 64 Visions of Arcadia Nicholas Cullinan explores how a love of the classical world in the work of Poussin and Cy Twombly reveals some intriguing connections between the two painters 70 Cupids and Cherubs Susan Jenkins reveals the interior scheme used for the sitting room of Henrietta, Countess de Grey, during the 1830s restoration of Wrest Park, Bedfordshire 78 Birth of the Russian Avant-Garde Averil King surveys the explosion of artistic avant-garde groups in Russia during the early years of the 20th century

Hester Diamond’s collection: pp. 56–62

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