CONTENTS June 2010
ARCHITECTURE
War Memorials
The planned World War II memorial to the dead of RAF Bomber Command in London's Green Park may be a worthy cause, but it is at the wrong scale and in the wrong place.
Market Review
One of the inherent mysteries of the art market is the way in which a particular work of art can beguile all who see it and transform into a starry object that everyone seems to talk about, covet or admire.
Collectors' Focus
The wealth of top-end material appearing on the market this year presents a welcome opportunity for collectors
Market Preview
Restituted paintings by Picasso, Derain and Corot are on offer in London this month, while April’s Islamic sales set record prices
A Collector’s Obsession
The 1842 auction of the remarkable contents of Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill became an all-consuming passion for his contemporary, William Beckford
Picasso’s Riviera Life
John Richardson, Picasso’s celebrated biographer, shares his memories of Picasso’s Mediterranean years, on the eve of his forthcoming exhibition at London’s Gagosian Gallery
Sam Keller recommends
Rachael Barrett gets the definitive guide to Basel from Sam Keller, Director of the Fondation Beyeler
Body of Art
Dimitris Daskalopoulos’s collection of contemporary art, on show at London’s Whitechapel Gallery this month, is a visceral celebration of life
Best of Basel
Art Basel 41 enters its fifth decade with a strong array of works and an extravaganza of satellite fairs and events
The Ethics of Beauty
For centuries the importance of beauty in our built environment has divided opinion, but good architecture acts as a crucial reminder of our human fallibility and a moral ideal for which to aim
Picasso’s Spanish Decade
During the 1950s an exiled Picasso reworked masterpieces from Spain’s Golden Age, revealing his love of antiquity and the Mediterranean
Made in Metal
Peter Marino talks to Apollo about his collection of bronzes and why he is a passionate advocate for the decorative arts
London Calling
Dealers and collectors converge on London this month with several new events joining the art calendar’s existing fairs. Apollo examines the changing landscape of the capital’s art market season.
Out of the shadows
John Russell Taylor applauds the first major exhibition outside Denmark of Christen Købke.
'Unquestionably’ Caravaggio
The unique qualities of the painter’s original works are indisputable, argues Richard Spear.
Art from a complex region
This compendium of contemporary artistic production in the Arab world provides a much-needed resource, writes Anthony Downey.
Convenience or show?
The town house in Georgian London was, ultimately, a symbol of conspicuous consumption, finds Conor Lucey.
Slade Compatriots
Michael J.K. Walsh applauds an exploration of an intense group of art students in World War I London.