Apollo

For 100 years it has covered everything from antiquities to contemporary work, publishing exclusive interviews with the world’s most important artists and collectors, reviews and previews of exhibitions, and thought-provoking features on all aspects of art. Each issue also contains Apollo’s regular columns, including food, wine, architecture and much more. Apollo is always elegantly illustrated, authoritative and entertaining.

Apollo

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AGENDA • Apollo’s exhibitions of the month

Salon du Dessin • The Paris fair dedicated to works on paper continues to make its mark, writes MICHAEL DELGADO

TEFAF MAASTRICHT • Maastricht is the place to be this month, as the European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) welcomes dealers presenting modern and contemporary art, jewellery and, of course, the Old Masters and antiques for which it is best known. In the following pages, Anna Brady selects her highlights of works at the fair and Samuel Reilly picks the most interesting exhibitions in the surrounding region.

BEYOND TEFAF • From seascapes by Monet in Frankfurt to Ovidian visions in Amsterdam, there is a host of shows across the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany within easy reach of Maastricht.

‘The stolen disc was hiding in plain sight’ • BARNABY PHILLIPS uncovers embarrassing security lapses in the British Museum’s recent past

Sterling work • Buccellati draws on ancient craftsmanship in its sparkling pieces, writes MILENA LAZAZZERA

Boys to men • HETTIE JUDAH on the vulnerability of Catherine Opie’s portraits of adolescents

Survival strategies • As the threat of armed global conflict increases, what can be done to protect humanity’s invaluable cultural heritage? At least we now have a road map, writes a leading expert in the field

‘Nordic classicism was much more radical than it was given credit for’ • JOHN STEWART extols a brief but significant movement before the advent of modernism

Cooking with Constantin • Brâncuși expressed his creativity and Romanian identity through food just as much as art, writes KEITH MILLER

Entrepreneurial spirit • For Salvador Dalí, alcohol provided both an escape from reality and a commercial opportunity, writes CHRISTINA MAKRIS

Raw material • From migrant journeys to gay rights in Kenya, Michael Armitage packs the vitality and violence of the world into his paintings, which are done on bark cloth. Ahead of a major retrospective, he reflects on the impulses that drive his work

GRAND DESIGNS • Over the centuries, the Princely House of Liechtenstein has amassed one of the world’s largest and most impressive private art collections. Now it’s being deployed to shine a light on the business of art itself

PULLING UP A PEW • Built shortly before John Vanbrugh’s death 300 years ago, the ‘chamber pew’ he designed for the Duke of Newcastle in a small Surrey church is delightfully unexpected – and from it Queen Victoria and other royals have all caught a sermon

WITH BELLS ON • In Jewish tradition, Torah scrolls are often adorned with ornaments, but rarely are they as opulent as the Torah crown bought by the collector Arthur Gilbert in 1999. Ahead of the reopening of the V&A’s Gilbert Galleries, Alice Minter explains the artistry behind it

From Latvia to London • On the edge of Richmond Park is an overlooked modernist gem, built as home and studio for the sculptor Dora Gordine. It’s a reminder of when Britain played host to the European avant-garde

VAN THE MAN • Anthony van Dyck was one of the most successful portraitists in Europe and should be regarded as the father of the English school of painting. So why has his reputation suffered over the years?

Flemish baroque painting • The market for Rubens and his successors is...