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July/August 2021
• The photographers who put West Africa in the frame
• The genius of Grinling Gibbons, 300 years on
• An interview with Mamma Andersson
• Flights of fancy: the Spanish Steps in Rome
Plus: the treasures of Lambeth Palace Library, a new model for restitution, a preview of Parcours des Mondes, five thousand years of Iranian art, and a century of baroque Italian set design
Inside this issue
Past issues
April 2022
Surrealism | Cecilia Alemani | Bassano's Quails
March 2022
Charles Ray | Ricardo Boffil | Yves Saint Laurent
February 2022
Ai Weiwei | Jacques-Louis David | Madame de Pompadour’s porcelain
January 2022
Howardena Pindell | The Humboldt Forum | Dürer’s wanderlust
More from Apollo
Lines of control – the story of Jackson Pollock’s drips
The American painter may be famed for a chaotic approach, but in reality he had complete command of his materials – and he owed his technique to a printmaker
Why aren’t more women artists gazing at men?
There is no great tradition of male nudes by women artists, but this underlines an asymmetry of power rather than a lack of female desire
The art world’s problem with Russian money
As the number of global billionaires has ballooned, the art world has become increasingly reliable on questionable funds from Russia and elsewhere
Risky business – why is New York getting rid of auction regulations?
The city claims that its decision to loosen the rules governing art auctions seeks to create a more consumer-friendly environment – but how can it?