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ART BLACKBURN EDO COMMEMORATIVE HEAD OF AN OBA Benin Kingdom, Nigeria, ca. 18th/19th Century, Terracotta, Height 8 1/2” Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, 17 November 2006, Lot 56 William W. Brill Collection, New York (inv. no. 110 on back in white), acquired in the mid-1960s; Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York; Important Private Collection Exhibited: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Museum, Selections from the William W. Brill Collection of African Art, 5 May - 31 August 1969; St. Paul Art Center, St. Paul, 23 October - 21 December 1969; and Tweed Art Gallery - University of Minnesota, Duluth, 14 January - 22 February 1970 $ 12,500.- ARTBLACKBURN.COM THE RENOWNED SOURCE FOR FINE TRIBAL ART 120 EAST EL PASO, P.O. BOX 485, MARFA, TEXAS 79843 BUYING & SELLING 808-517-7154 INFO@ARTBLACKBURN.COM MEMBER OF THE AUTHENTIC TRIBAL ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
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February 2024 Volume CXCIX No– 727 p. 66 inen i Hänn iovann G: © , Parma le iona Naz ico log rcheo AMuseo f the o to Pho 13 Editor’s Letter 14 Agenda February museum exhibitions, plus the pick of the IFPDA Print Fair and shows about Black art 21 Around the Galleries Isabella Smith previews the latest edition of Asia Week New York 27 In Perspective Hettie Judah on a year of single-sex programming at EMST in Athens 30 Letter David Gelber visits the spa town of Bad Ischl, a Habsburg holiday destination and a refreshing choice for a European Capital of Culture Cover An Elephant and Keeper, c. 1650–60, attrib. Ilyas Khan Bahadur (active 1658–1701), Mughal, India, opaque colour and gold on paper, 18 × 22cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See feature on pp. 44–51 APOLLO FEBRUARY 2024 34 Inquiry Catherine Bennett on the HR crisis that is hobbling Italian museums 38 Architecture Gillian Darley on how almshouses have adapted over the centuries 41 Food Pen Vogler on the surprisingly slim pickings for foodies on the Feast of Saint Valentine 43 Jewellery Lynda Benglis’s wearable works are a perfect fit for the artist, writes Edward Behrens 75 Art Market Judd Tully reflects on a tough year, as buyers become more risk-averse 81 Collectors’ Focus Emma Crichton-Miller on the appeal of Chinese silk textiles Features 44 Courtly Love Collecting Indian paintings mattered as much to Howard Hodgkin as making his own art, writes Peter Parker 52 Gesture Politics Julie Mehretu talks to Edward Behrens about making her mark with multilayered paintings informed by diverse art histories 60 Pleasure Principal Sadako Ohki of Yale University Art Gallery picks out the telling details in scenes by the Japanese printmaker Utagawa Kunisada 66 Stage Presence Christina Riggs visits the three museums, historic library and Renaissance theatre contained in an imposing palace in Parma 9

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February 2024 Volume CXCIX No– 727

p. 66

inen i Hänn iovann

G: ©

, Parma le iona

Naz ico log rcheo

AMuseo f the o to

Pho

13 Editor’s Letter 14 Agenda

February museum exhibitions, plus the pick of the IFPDA Print Fair and shows about Black art 21 Around the Galleries

Isabella Smith previews the latest edition of Asia Week New York 27 In Perspective

Hettie Judah on a year of single-sex programming at EMST in Athens 30 Letter

David Gelber visits the spa town of Bad Ischl, a Habsburg holiday destination and a refreshing choice for a European Capital of Culture

Cover An Elephant and Keeper, c. 1650–60, attrib. Ilyas Khan Bahadur (active 1658–1701), Mughal, India, opaque colour and gold on paper, 18 × 22cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York See feature on pp. 44–51

APOLLO FEBRUARY 2024

34 Inquiry

Catherine Bennett on the HR crisis that is hobbling Italian museums 38 Architecture

Gillian Darley on how almshouses have adapted over the centuries 41 Food

Pen Vogler on the surprisingly slim pickings for foodies on the Feast of Saint Valentine 43 Jewellery

Lynda Benglis’s wearable works are a perfect fit for the artist, writes Edward Behrens 75 Art Market

Judd Tully reflects on a tough year, as buyers become more risk-averse 81 Collectors’ Focus

Emma Crichton-Miller on the appeal of Chinese silk textiles

Features 44 Courtly Love

Collecting Indian paintings mattered as much to Howard Hodgkin as making his own art, writes Peter Parker 52 Gesture Politics

Julie Mehretu talks to Edward Behrens about making her mark with multilayered paintings informed by diverse art histories 60 Pleasure Principal

Sadako Ohki of Yale University Art Gallery picks out the telling details in scenes by the Japanese printmaker Utagawa Kunisada 66 Stage Presence

Christina Riggs visits the three museums, historic library and Renaissance theatre contained in an imposing palace in Parma

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