Apollo - The International Magazine for Collectors

September 2010

Cy Twombly has created a huge, evocative painting for the ceiling of the Louvre’s Salle des Bronze. It is the latest in a long line of sky depictions on ceilings, and marks a radical departure for the artist better known for his abstract, graffiti-style scribbles

Of all the elements of architecture, the one that has most clearly retained its original role of representation is the ceiling. We may know nothing of the symbolism of a...

Sèvres’ lesser-known output of veilleuses, exquisite 18th-century nightlights or perfume burners, reflect in miniature the contemporary fashions and collectors’ interests of the time, including the depiction of drunken men in the style of Teniers the Younger

Everyone is familiar with the desirability of the grand Sèvres vases that decorated the rooms of royal and aristocratic residences in the 18th century, their possession displaying evidence of taste...

Tom Phillips’ collection of African goldweights – miniature sculptures from West Africa – is probably the finest in private hands. He talks to Apollo about why these objects echo his love of imaginative territory

Tom Phillips certainly deserves his reputation as a polymath. Among his many achievements, he has transmuted – by illustration and ‘cut-up’ techniques – a randomly sourced Victorian novel into an...

The interior designer Jacques Garcia, currently refurbishing the 17th- and 18th-century period rooms at the Louvre, shares his obsessive passion for collecting with Apollo

For many, Jacques Garcia is the ultimate decorator: his mix of rich colours, strong references to the past, reinvented French grand goût and assumed anti-minimalism are immediately recognisable trademarks sought...

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