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May 2015
This May, Apollo previews the 56th edition of the Venice Biennale, and features articles on the new Whitney in New York, the Waddesdon bequest, and art collecting in Hong Kong. Christopher Turner talks to George Loudon about his collection of Victorian scientific objects, and Peter Doig tells Martin Gayford about how the past returns in his paintings. Plus: Gavin Stamp on Ödön Lecher and Emma Crichton-Miller on the market for Italian terracottas. Preview the issue below.
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Liliane Lijn | Picasso | Mughal painting | Impressionism
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Jan Švankmajer | Pompeii | Cat ladies
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Museum of West African Art | Jeremy Frey | Ed Ruscha
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Napoleon Bonaparte | Caspar David Friedrich | the Impressionists
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How will Paris cope without the Pompidou Centre for five years?
The museum is set to close in 2025, leaving a hole in the city’s arts scene and adding to growing disquiet about its general direction
The dealer who launched Picasso
Berthe Weill was as devoted to young artists as she was to the cause of modern art – and her efforts are now receiving belated recognition
The surreal films of Jan Švankmajer
When it comes to conjuring the uncanny atmosphere and impossible logic of dreams, the Czech film-maker has few equals
Were the Impressionists really so shocking?
It suits us to think of the movement as unpopular, but the passing of time makes it harder to see why the first Impressionist Exhibition of 1874 made such a stir