DECEMBER 2020 VOLUME CXCII No– 692

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13 Editor’s Letter 14 Agenda

December highlights 16 Forum

Are the Old Masters more indispensable than ever? 19 Diary

Madeleine Schwartz on fakery and the Russian avant-garde 23 Letter

Christopher Turner in search of Bologna’s historical waxworks 26 Architecture

Charles Holland on architectural copies and cover versions 28 Inquiry

Alice Gorman asks who is responsible for heritage in space

Cover David Garrick as Richard III, c. 1745, William Hogarth (1697–1764), oil on canvas, 190.5 × 250.8cm. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Photo: © National Museums Liverpool/Walker Art Gallery See feature on pp. 72–78

APOLLO DECEMBER 2020

Apollo Awards 2020 34 Personality 36 Artist 40 Museum Opening 42 Exhibition 44 Book 46 Digital Innovation 48 Acquisition

Plus our survey of the year’s most important museum acquisitions p. 48

Features 58 Cream of the Crop

Anita and Gary Klesch unveil for Susan Moore the museum-worthy collection of Old Master paintings they have amassed in just six years 64 Naming Rights

Alisa LaGamma considers what it means to address questions of authorship in historic African art 72 Poetic licence

Kirsten Tambling explains how Shakespeare’s reputation was boosted by a host of curious relics and by the efforts of David Garrick

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