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A Devoted Medievalist
Sir Paul Ruddock, chairman of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and a passionate collector of medieval art, talks to Apollo about the onus on museums to celebrate our often overlooked medieval heritage
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Visions of the Afterlife
Ideas pertaining to hell and the afterlife were frequently depicted during the Middle Ages. These images conceptualise hell in a number of intriguing ways, as an exhibition opening at the J. Paul Getty Museum reveals
An Olympiad’s Portrait
During excavations at Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli the archaeologist Gavin Hamilton unearthed a classical statue of Hermes. Hamilton’s conservation of the sculpture transformed its identity to create an 18th-century image of an Olympic victor inspired by the ideals of ancient Greece
Power and Taboo
The Musée du Quai Branly in Paris is home to a superb collection of non-Western art. The museum’s director, Stéphane Martin, spoke to Apollo about the challenges inherent in the display of ethnographic material and why it is directly relevant to the political life of the country
The Progress of Juno
A large, 2nd-century sculpture of a goddess, believed to be Juno, was acquired last year by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, following its discovery in a Boston suburb. Unveiled last month, the statue is on display while conservators work around it, enabling visitors to view the process of restoration
A New Horizon
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney reopened in March following an 18-month redevelopment. Its transformation further enlivens the cultural landscape of Australia, and is the latest development in the increasingly international profile of Australian art
