News 146 Art Market Susan Moore previews Christie’s

Château de Gourdon sale in Paris and reviews February’s fairs 158 Architecture Gavin Stamp on the restoration of Pera Palace Hotel, Istanbul 164 Collectors’ Focus Brook S. Mason on the market for post-war drawings 170 Around the Galleries By Monique Kent

Exhibitions 177 ‘Modern British Sculpture’ by Paul Bonaventura 180 ‘France 1500: Between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance’ by

Jamie Mulherron 182 ‘Ceremonies, Feasts, Costumes:

Viennese Porcelain Figures during the Reign of Maria Theresa’ by Elisabeth Sladek

Books 189 Off the Shelf 190 Pedro Moura Carvalho, The Nasser

D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art: Gems and Jewels of Mughal India, by Lucien de Guise 192 Andrew Graham-Dixon, Caravaggio:

A Life Sacred and Profane, by Simon Oakes 194 Koen Brams (et al), The Encyclopedia of Fictional Artists, by Rob Tufnell 202 From the Archives Robert O’Byrne on Gauguin’s flight from his French heritage

France 1500: p. 180

Art Market: p. 146

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