2 JULY/AUGUST 2022 £7.95 (e) Com S x z g THE INTERNATIONAL ART MAGAZINE wn i i} N N pA) ; S KaPujeK 4 PAC SPY 6yonéaT bi (Yaoxa AaHat! pln Fanny % Ww ; ae * What's next forthe The Russian artists Could London's National Gallery? S aying no t owar art market fail? 07> 770003"653084' iN 9 Aiea KLOMAN Susan Kloman | Art | Africa | Pacific | Americas [email protected] | + 1646 232 3388 | New York OV *n sam! ioe) ey ~ ic — oC) —— ob Los Angeles In Pursuit of the Origins On the occasion of Parcours des Mondes 2022 in Paris we will exhibit an exceptional group of early archaic sculp- tures from Borneo, considered as some of the most ancient wooden artefacts in existence. A hardcover catalogue will be published in a limited edition, and an online version will be available upon request. MARTIN DOUSTAR [email protected] September 6-11 www.martindoustar.com 4, rue des Beaux-Arts, Paris (+33) 6.15.39.84.91 PACE AFRICAN & OCEANIC ART YORUBA BOWL 8S Nigeria. Late 19th — early 2Oth century Wood. 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Inquiries: [email protected] Mobile: +1 415-378-0716 www.tmurrayarts.com Courtesy Hakanto Contemporary, Madagascar July/August 2022 Volume CXCVI N° 710 11 12 19 25 28 31 Editor’s Letter Agenda July/August highlights Around the Galleries Samuel Reilly previews London Art Week Parcours des Mondes preview Susan Moore selects her highlights of the event Letter Fleur Macdonald on the photographer who captured modern Madagascar Fresh Perspective Hettie Judah on finding artful beauty in banality Cover The artist Alisa Gorshenina (b. 1994), photographed in April 2022 in Nizhny Tagil. © Alisa Gorshenina See feature on pp. 44-47 APOLLO JULY/AUGUST 2022 35 41 48 51 53 Art Market Jane Morris asks what London can do to compete after Brexit Collectors’ Focus Emma Crichton-Miller on the future of the ethnographic art market Inquiry Valerie Costa-Kostritsky on the Russian artists who are making astand against the war Architecture Gillian Darley visits Clifford’s Tower in York Food Thomas Marks on Claudia Roden’s The Book of Jewish Food Wine Christina Makris visits Chateau Mouton Rothschild in the Médoc 54 60 66 72 80 tures Balancing Act Gabriele Finaldi, director of the National Gallery in London, tells Gareth Harris how the institution is preparing for the future Small Wonders Kirsten Tambling on the utopian miniature village created by Charles Paget Wade Shrine of the Times James Green talks to Apollo about an exquisitely detailed carving by the Yoruba master Bamigboye A New Dawn Matt Stromberg wonders how well the Huntington in LA has brought itself up to date Significant Figures Anna Demina shows Susan Moore her collection of African masks and reliquary figures in Milan Exhibitions 90 ‘Aristide Maillol (1861-1944). 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