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The pioneering spirit: although the American Midwest is home to some fine museums, few draw substantial numbers of international visitors. Apollo presents a roadmap of the institutions dotted throughout the region, and considers the spirit of philanthropy that shaped their collections.		Mar 1, 2013	2402
Museum opening of the year: situated in a peaceful garden, the new home for the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia is an oasis for artistic education, in keeping with the vision of its founder, Dr Albert Barnes.		Dec 1, 2012	2499
The contemplative scholars: Sylvan Barnet and William Burto have gathered an extraordinary collection of Japanese works encompassing scrolls, ceramics and contemporary art. They talk to Apollo about the spirit of calligraphy and the evolution of their collection--and why they are giving it away.		Nov 1, 2012	2077
A prodigal son: Louise Nicholson reports on a retrospective of the American artist George Bellows.		Sep 1, 2012	1044
A hero returned: Louise Nicholson applauds an exhibition of Antico's bronzes that celebrates the artist's creative relationship with antiquity.		Feb 1, 2012	1057
A new context: this month the Metropolitan Museum of Art unveils a suite of new galleries housing its superb collection of Islamic art. The painstaking renovation is underpinned by a curatorial approach that seeks to present a far broader picture of Islamic art than ever before.		Nov 1, 2011	1989
Exquisite masterpieces: Louise Nicholson reports on an exhibition of Indian paintings that reveals the latest research into the artists behind these superb works.		Nov 1, 2011	994
A temple to art: Dr Gordon Sze's minimalist loft in New York houses his museum-quality collection of Melanesian and Polynesian art. He talks to Apollo about why tribal art captured his imagination and how his uncle, the architect I.M. Pei, influenced the way in which he displays his art.		Sep 1, 2011	1830
A passion for porcelain: an ambitious streak and a thriving collector-dealer alliance has enabled James E. Sowell to form one of the finest collections of Chinese export porcelain in the world.	Cover story	Oct 1, 2010	1590
A private passion: Professor Kurt Salfeld and his wife, Jutta, have loaned their collection of Meissen porcelain birds--among the rarest of all Meissen creations--to the Porzellansammlung of Dresden's Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, marking the tercentennial of the Meissen manufactury's foundation.		Jul 1, 2010	1764
Perfecting porcelain: Louise Nicholson reports on two exhibitions celebrating the tercentenary of porcelain production in Europe.		Jul 1, 2010	1051
American fervour: the new McGlothlin Wing at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts opens this month with an exhibition of American art that Jim and Fran McGlothlin have promised to the museum. Louise Nicholson visits the couple at their Florida home.		May 1, 2010	1590
Parking the art: John Pappajohn and his wife, Mary, have created a public sculpture park for their hometown of Des Moines in Iowa, and filled it with works from their collection of contemporary art. They take Louise Nicholson on a tour. Photographs by Brian Smale.		Feb 1, 2010	1980
Drawings to be shared: Charles Ryskamp, a former director of the Morgan Library & Museum and the Frick Collection, talks to Louise Nicholson about a lifetime of collecting drawings, a selection of which goes on show next month at the Yale Center for British Art.	Interview	Jan 1, 2010	2061
Personality of the Year: Malcolm Rogers: fifteen years ago Malcolm Rogers was appointed Ann and Graham Gund Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He talks to Louise Nicholson about his dynamic--and at times controversial--transformation of this great museum, culminating in the American Wing, which opens next year.	Interview	Dec 1, 2009	2614
Collectors & collecting: Robert H. Smith and his wife, Clarice, have formed one of the world's finest private collections of renaissance bronzes. At home in Washington, DC, he talks to Louise Nicholson about his decision to bequeath the collection to the National Gallery of Art.	Interview	Nov 1, 2009	2131
A family quest: when Anupam Poddar became interested in contemporary Indian art, his mother, Lekha, could not at first see the point. Now together they own the country's finest collection. Having opened it to the public, they are turning their attention to India's neighbours, as they tell Louise Nicholson.	Interview	Oct 1, 2009	1601
Tribal triumph: Udo Horstmann and his wife, Wally, have filled their home in Switzerland with one of the world's greatest private collections of tribal art. As Mr Horstmann explains to Louise Nicholson, it is 'an expedition into another world'.	Interview	Sep 1, 2009	2087
A prince with a practical touch: Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome houses Italy's most celebrated private art collection. Louise Nicholson talks to Prince Doria about the responsibilities it brings, from coping with EU bureaucrats to repairing earthquake damage.	Interview	Sep 1, 2009	1977
Going Dutch: George and Ilone Kremer have formed a major collection of Dutch and Flemish Old Master paintings in just 15 years. As they explain to Louise Nicholson, they take great pleasure in sharing their remarkable achievement with the public.	Interview	Jul 1, 2009	2003
The private world of Frank Cohen: Frank Cohen is one of Britain's most celebrated collectors of contemporary art. But he also has a little-known passion for 20th-century British art, as he reveals to Louise Nicholson at his home in Cheshire.	Interview	Jul 1, 2009	1923
Art of light: Renzo Piano as the Art Institute of Chicago: Renzo Piano's newly unveiled Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago is both ingenious and practical, as well as an elegant addition to America's second-largest art museum.		Jul 1, 2009	1586
Collectors & collecting: an exhibition of Jean Bonna's outstanding collection of Old Master drawings opens at the National Gallery of Scotland this month. At home in Geneva, he talks to Louise Nicholson about his love for works of art on paper.	Interview	Jun 1, 2009	1963
A life in colour: the Merzbacher & Mayer collections: Werner Merzbacher has formed an astonishing collection of 20th-century art at its most radiant. He talks to Louise Nicholson at home in Switzerland about the pleasure that he gets from lending the works he loves to exhibitions.	Interview	May 1, 2009	1771
Around the galleries: an exhibition of Indian paintings belonging to the dealer-collector Subhash Kapoor is a rare treat.		May 1, 2009	640
Ambassador for the commercial art world: Ben Janssens, a leading dealer in Asian art and Chairman of TEFAF Maastricht', Executive Commitee, talks to Louise Nicholson about the relationship between a dealer and a collector and explains why he thinks the fair is so extraordinarily successful.	Cover story	Mar 1, 2009	1800
Collections & collecting: a collector and the son of collectors, Andreas Bechtler cherishes his family's close links with artists ranging from Miro to Warhol. He has presented his collection to Charlotte, North Carolina, where next year it will be unveiled in a new museum.	Interview	Feb 1, 2009	1859
Pride of Qatar: Doha's Museum of Islamic Art is open. This astonishing collection is housed in a magnificent new building by I.M. Pei, set on an artificial island. Louise Nicholson attended its long-awaited unveiling.		Feb 1, 2009	1884
A life of the Taj Mahal: Giles Tillotson has packed a lot into a short book on one of the world's most famous buildings.	Book review	Jan 1, 2009	826
Artist's home under offer: the film director Michael Winner has lovingly restored his Victorian artist's house in London as a setting for his collection. He plans to give both to the nation--if it will let him--as he tells Louise Nicholson.		Dec 1, 2008	1780
Personality of the year Eugene v. Thaw: a distinguished dealer as well as a major collector, Eugene V. Thaw has immeasurably enriched the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, with his gifts. Louise Nicholson visits him at home.		Dec 1, 2008	1832
Gold of the gods: for over 50 years Douglas Latchford has pursued his passion for Asian sculpture. He talks to Louise Nicholson in his London apartment about his extraordinary collection and its future.	Interview	Nov 1, 2008	1760
Art for sharing: when her extraordinary collection of contemporary art outgrew the family home, Anita Zabludowicz opened her own gallery in north London. She talks to Louise Nicholson.	Interview	Oct 1, 2008	1776
French art the American way: the American collector Rodica Seward, owner of Tajan, France's best-known private auction house, has a missionary passion for modern French art. She talks to Louise Nicholson.		Sep 1, 2008	1662
Wealthy in art: the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, which houses the collection formed by Ernst Beyeler during his illustrious career as an art dealer, has appointed a new director. On the eve of Art Basel, Louise Nicholson pays a visit.		Jun 1, 2008	1787
Made in China: Guy and Myriam Ullens are the creators of the Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art in Beijing. It will draw on their great private collection in Geneva, which Mr Ullens showed to Louise Nicholson.	Cover story	May 1, 2008	1677
Art at speed: a key part of Los Angeles County Museum of Art's transformation is the newly-opened Broad Contemporary Art Museum, the result of Eli Broad's philanthropy and insatiable appetite for art: Louise Nicholson talks to him at his LA home.	Interview	Apr 1, 2008	1942
Putting art on the table: Suzanne and Norman Cohn's passion for commissioning contemporary crafts has led to their creatively staged dinner parties, where guests enjoy not only exquisite food but also elaborate 'table art'. Louise Nicholson was invited to join them for an evening.	Interview	Mar 1, 2008	1723
Woven into the collection: one of the world's pre-eminent textile designers, Jack Lenor Larsen is also a collector who has filled his home in East Hampton with ceramics and basketry of all periods. He talks to Louise Nicholson about his quest for the 'newer, better, unknown'.	Interview	Feb 1, 2008	1599
An art gallery for the office: Lisa d'Erf, director of the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, talks to Louise Nicholson about the important role that contemporary art plays in the bank's life, currently highlighted by a travelling exhibition of some of its major works.	Company overview	Jan 1, 2008	1762
Touched by art: Louise Nicholson talks to Paul Walter.		Dec 1, 2007	1644
Mumbai's story: a Victorian masterpiece revived: India's second oldest museum, the Dr Bhau Daji Lad, has been spectacularly restored as a museum of Mumbai history, after years of neglect.		Nov 1, 2007	1592
A Rolls-Royce collection of oceanic art: Mark Blackburn's collection of Pacific island art is one of the finest in the world. At home in Hawaii, he talks to Louise Nicholson about his 'manic' hunt for the best.	Interview	Oct 1, 2007	1946
Newport news: the mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, once the summer homes of plutocrats, are now the focus of an intensive--and expensive--restoration programme, as Louise Nicholson discovers.		Sep 1, 2007	754
New York news: the stellar auction prices recently achieved by Andy Warhol have led New Yorkers to roll out their anecdotes about him. Louise Nicholson has one of her own.		Jul 1, 2007	801
Seattle news: Seattle Art Museum is undergoing a dynamic renaissance--from new galleries and major acquisitions to the creation of a sculpture park.		Jun 1, 2007	1478
New York news: until recently an insalubrious hang-out, a 19th-century arcade in Central Park has been magnificently restored. Louise Nicholson hits the (Minton) tiles.		May 1, 2007	804
Washington & Philadelphia news: the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, DC, celebrates its 20th anniversary this month. Louise Nicholson talks to its director, Judy Larson.	Interview	Apr 1, 2007	784
Louise Nicholson visits Lever House, the city's first glass-skinned building, now imaginatively restored and the backdrop to a major public art initiative.		Mar 1, 2007	781
San Francisco news: Louise Nicholson has a preview of a compelling exhibition of Indian art at the Asian Art Museum.		Feb 1, 2007	858
Modern master interview with Glenn Lowry: the director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, talks to Louise Nicholson about the museum's strategies for acquiring works of the highest quality at a time when so much modern and contemporary art is soaring in price.	Interview	Feb 1, 2007	2549
New York news: Louise Nicholson looks forward to the Japan Society's rich and varied celebrations of its centenary.		Jan 1, 2007	651
18th-century Naples provides the decor for a charming New York Christmas tradition.		Dec 1, 2006	792
Louise Nicholson visits the Neue Galerie's latest triumph: four recreated interiors designed by Josef Hoffmann.		Nov 1, 2006	726
Art to live with: Asian art offers rich opportunities for creating a serious collection. Louise Nicholson talks to four distinguished American collectors, whose passions range from Indian painting and Japanese decorative arts to cutting-edge contemporary Chinese work.	Interview	Nov 1, 2006	2980
The Denver Art museum not just a one-minute 'wow'.		Oct 1, 2006	1580
New York news: Louise Nicholson talks to Donald Rubin, the former longshoreman who has worked with his wife to create one of the city's most lively and original museums.	Interview	Sep 1, 2006	774
Boston news: Louise Nicholson visits the Institute of Contemporary Art, which is maintaining its tradition of support for the avant-garde, in both its architecture and its collection.		Aug 1, 2006	764
Among De Koonings, Calders and a whole floor of Edward Hoppers, Louise Nicholson celebrates the Whitney Museum's 75 years--and catches gossip about redevelopment.		Jul 1, 2006	766
New York news: the most popular interior designer in mid-20th-century New York was a committed mutilator of antique furniture--as a new exhibition reveals.		Jun 1, 2006	713
New York news: the calm and scholarship for which the Frick is justly admired belie a new dynamism, says Louise Nicholson.		Apr 1, 2006	655
Mumbai news: as India's second city becomes a global financial centre, conservationists are finding powerful new allies in the battle to protect its rich architectural heritage, writes Louise Nicholson.		Mar 1, 2006	639
A villa re-imagined: at the end of January, the Getty Villa in Malibu reopened as a museum of Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiquities. This special issue of Apollo celebrates an eagerly awaited event.	Cover story	Feb 1, 2006	3695
Taking centre stage for the Asia Society's fiftieth anniversary is John D. Rockefeller 3rd, its founding patron.		Jan 1, 2006	551
Herzog & De Meuron's new, copper-clad de Young Museum in San Francisco ingeniously bonds with its setting.		Dec 1, 2005	1426
Personality of the year: Bonnie Burnham, President of the World Monuments Fund.	Interview	Dec 1, 2005	1642
The temporary unbinding of one of the greatest of all Mughal manuscripts allows Louise Nicholson to luxuriate in the art of a liberal, tolerant Islamic court.		Nov 1, 2005	748
The Guggenheim's exhibition of Russian art is a triumph for its impresario-director.		Oct 1, 2005	563
From an imaginatively restored Victorian square to a floating garden, Louise Nicholson revels in Manhattan's rus in urbe.		Sep 1, 2005	791
Taking risks side-by-side: Pissarro and Cezanne were close friends for twenty years. Their relationship is examined in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, curated by Joachim Pissarro, who talked to Louise Nicholson about its purposes.	Interview	Sep 1, 2005	1237
New York news: as the city bakes in the heat, Louise Nicholson relaxes in the latest high-tech addition to the Bronx's best-kept secret, the Botanical Garden.		Aug 1, 2005	796
New York news: the home of the skyscraper was once also a treasure-trove of grand town houses. Louise Nicholson takes a tour of them with the help of a splendid new book.		Jul 1, 2005	783
Minneapolis news: the most wide-ranging contemporary art museum outside New York has just opened a bold new extension. But, asks Louise Nicholson, does the Walker's addition really work?		Jun 1, 2005	924
The Asian Art Fair has many attractions, writes Louise Nicholson: Indian pitchwais, contemporary Japanese ceramics--and the saris and kimonos of rich collectors.		May 1, 2005	700
As Britain's Official War Artist in Bosnia, Peter Howson peeled back all the veils of bravery, pride and honour to reveal the stark horror of war and the trauma suffered by its victims.		May 1, 2005	189
The Armory fair has grown since modest beginnings in 1994 into a mainstay of the city's art industry. Louise Nicholson is inspired--and exhausted.		Apr 1, 2005	946
New York news: a curatorial revolution is allowing museum visitors to see every object in the collection--all thanks to a publishing magnate of the 1920s and 30s. Louise Nicholson inspects the lines of shelves.		Mar 1, 2005	898
New York news.		Feb 1, 2005	940
Miami news: Art Basel's outpost in Florida is brash, hedonistic, expensive--and packed with New York's art set, Louise Nicholson was there.		Jan 1, 2005	950
The city proclaims its fashion credentials in two excellent exhibitions, and fights for a park thirty feet in the air.		Dec 1, 2004	945
The Museum of Modern Art reopens on 20 November after being closed for over two years. Its new galleries, designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, are a triumph: a brilliant justification of designing from the inside out.		Nov 1, 2004	2081
A man of infinite taste: the Met has bagged a major treasure in the Pierre Matisse collection.		Oct 1, 2004	1169
Two spectacular jewellery shows provide an opportunity to compare Indian courtly magnificence with an American preference for keeping it simple (stupid).		Oct 1, 2004	936
Forget the Jets and the Sharks: gang warfare in this town is between the Mets and the MOMAS. However, a new museum prefers to stay out of the fray.		Sep 1, 2004	922
News from New York: two newly-renovated museums in the boroughs offer Manhattanites an escape from the summer heat--and a nasty carpet.		Aug 1, 2004	937
News from New York: New Yorkers toast their newest export to London, and Katharine Hepburn's wedding dress goes on the block.		Jul 1, 2004	900
Although Americans take a fairly relaxed attitude to museums and galleries selling their works of art, two recent 'de-accession' cases are stirring controversy.		Jun 1, 2004	941
A restaurant buys art good enough to eat (with), and David Hockney is adopted as an American.		May 1, 2004	818