Features
Bronzino's Drawings: Authorship and Preservation
The varied physical condition of Agnolo Bronzino’s drawings, recently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, plays a crucial role in the question of authorship, yet is often overlooked in the study of early Italian art
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Houses of Light
Set in the natural beauty of Los Angeles countryside, the artists Roy Dowell and Lari Pittman have made their home in Richard Neutra’s Serulnic House and developed a new house on the same site. Apollo caught up with them to find out how their modernist homes inform their lives
Remarkable and Curious
The quantity and superb quality of 18th-century French furniture in English collections is testament to the British passion for their neighbours’ designs, yet the presence of these works is little known in the UK or abroad
Aspiring to the Heavens
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
Objects of Desire
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
The Artist as Collector
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
A Taste for History
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
L’art en Paris
The grand spectacle of the 25th Biennale des Antiquaires, the French capital’s international art and antiques fair, will be joined by more gallery shows and satellite events than ever
