Reviews
Sumptuous silverware
The rediscovery of an imperial dining service is marked by a lavish display, writes Tessa Murdoch
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BOOKS
Testing the waters
Artists’ portrayals of major rivers have had widespread political and social significance in the last two centuries, finds Averil King
BOOKS
A celebration of ceramics
This lavish, three-volume tribute to Du Paquier porcelain is a collaborative tour-de-force, writes Philippa Glanville
Perfecting porcelain
Louise Nicholson reports on two exhibitions celebrating the tercentenary of porcelain production in Europe
The iceman cometh
Jonathan Lopez applauds the joy implicit in Hendrick Avercamp’s wintry landscapes
A consummate expressionist
A major Kirchner retrospective shows the artist’s dazzling quality, writes Paul Bonaventura
The Artist in his Studio
A thematic display shines a light on important strands in Lucian Freud’s work, writes Marco Livingstone
A neglected painter
John Russell Taylor champions the little-known British artist Adrian Ryan, whose colourful life makes for a lively biography
Grandeur and decay
Charles Latham’s photographs of Italian gardens in the early 20th century capture a bygone era, writes Judith B. Tankard
Off the shelf
Apollo’s selection of recently published books on art, architecture and the history of collecting