EDITORIAL

Editor's Letter: Ambitious form

This issue of Apollo focuses on sculpture, widely considered the highest of the arts until the Renaissance.

EDITORIAL

From the archives

The rich cultural life of turn-of-the-century Vienna in the last days of the Habsburg Empire has been neglected, lamented Denys Sutton in the October 1963 issue – an oversight redressed by a plethora of shows in recent years.

ARCHITECTURE

Architecture

After its doors closed in 1935, the fate of Sir Gilbert Scott’s Midland Grand Hotel hung in the balance and in the 1960s came perilously close to demolition. Now, following its sympathetic and sumptuous restoration, this glorious building can be enjoyed by generations to come.

MARKET REVIEW

There’s plenty of Eastern promise for contemporary collectors at Art HK this month, while a glorious Monet goes under the hammer in New York. In March, TEFAF saw brisk sales, and there was controversy in Paris over a €2.9m Mayan figure.

MARKET PREVIEW

There’s plenty of Eastern promise for contemporary collectors at Art HK this month, while a glorious Monet goes under the hammer in New York. In March, TEFAF saw brisk sales, and there was controversy in Paris over a €2.9m Mayan figure.

Collectors’ focus

From the ostentation of the baroque to the sublime elegance of Neo-classicism, 18th-century marble sculpture reflects the tumultuous times of the period. But whatever the style, good pieces will always find a buyer.

Around the galleries

The theme is red at Carré Rive Gauche in Paris, and the colour brightens an array of art in gallery windows across the 7th arrondissement. In early June, antiquities and oriental works take centre stage at a trio of fairs in Brussels.

Art by the Water

The 54th edition of the Venice Biennale opens on 4 June, and this year promises to be better than ever

The Quiet Pioneer

Collector John Kaldor is credited with transforming the landscape of contemporary art in Australia through his public projects. A desire to share his art also underpins his gift of his private collection to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, unveiled this month

The Art of Voodoo

The Fondation Cartier in Paris plays host until September to an array of spell-binding figures collected by the late Jacques Kerchache. These beguiling totems provide insight into the rituals and beliefs of the much-maligned Vodun religion, still practised in West Africa today

From Mind to Matter

Throughout his career the sculptor Anthony Caro has been intrigued by the question of what sculpture is and its inherent possibilities. Apollo caught up with him at his studio

Diomedes and Diskobolus

Among the collection of classical sculpture belonging to the 1st Marquess of Lansdowne was a Roman copy of a lost bronze of Diskobolus by the Greek sculptor Myron. Excavated by the dealer Gavin Hamilton in 1774, the marble’s fascinating story has much to reveal about late 18th-century collecting

The Golden Muse

Little is known about Picasso’s muse Marie-Thérèse Walter – in part because their relationship was initally kept a secret. On the eve of a new exhibition exploring how the couple’s amour fou influenced Picasso’s art, her granddaughter, art historian Diana Widmaier-Picasso, spoke to Apollo about her discoveries