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January 2017
This January, Apollo features an exclusive interview with Egyptian video artist Wael Shawky, as well as essays on Lockwood Kipling, Ghent’s Museum of Fine Arts, and the challenges ahead for New York’s museums. Sir Angus Grossart tells Susan Moore about his dedication to Scottish art and, on the eve of her UK retrospective, Lubaina Himid speaks to Imelda Barnard. Plus: a preview of BRAFA art fair, the Pompidou in Brussels, Matthew Sperling on Peter Doig and Derek Walcott, and Peter Parker on Paul Nash. Preview the issue below.
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The Frick returns to Fifth Avenue | An interview with Oliver Beer | How the Acropolis became modern
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How to give back looted objects | An interview with Alex Da Corte | Versailles enters the 21st century
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Can American art escape the culture wars? | Poking fun at 18th-century Paris | Donald Duck’s fowl play
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The art of divination | an interview with Jake Grewal | will the market recover in 2025?
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Celia Paul faces the ghosts of her past
In recent portraits and seascapes the painter ponders time and memory, and the legacy of Lucian Freud and co.
The rise of performance art in Renaissance Italy
The rise of performance art in Renaissance ItalyAn accomplished musician as well as a painter, Lorenzo Costa was perfectly placed to capture the changing fashions and shifting social etiquette of his day
Gilty pleasures – Versailles in the 21st century
With new leadership and restored rooms that haven’t looked this good since the Ancien Régime, the palace is entering a new golden era
How to give back looted objects
UK museums are hamstrung by outdated laws around restitution. It’s time for politicians to end the impasse and give them greater autonomy over their collections