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In this Issue
Artful Traveler
On the Road: Tours you won’t find in the guidebooks
Amazing Grace
Visiting Provence’s painted chapels can be an eye-opening experience
Michelle Dominique Lizieri
Grape Escapades
Napa Valley’s vineyards yield a crop of art collections
Penelope Rowlands
Rhapsody in Green
Sligo’s spectacular landscapes inspired Irish painter Jack B. Yeats
Aidan Dunne
Haus Hunting
The attractions of Weimar, Germany, range from Cranach’s house to Bauhaus—and beyond
Robert Rigney
Nouveau Niches
Outside Budapest, ornament flourishes
Eve M. Kahn
Beyond the Guggenheim
Bilbao’s newest art venue is hardly its only one
Eva Larrauri
Notes from the Underground
In the grotto south of Rome where Tiberius once feasted, extraordinary Hellenistic sculpture survives
Alexander Stille
Mr. Spencer’s Neighborhood
Two English villages bear the imprint of a native son
William Feaver
Treasure Island
In the shadow of Singapore’s skyscrapers is a trove of public sculpture
Sherrié Liu
Bulls In The China Shop
The sale to Western investors of a legendary porcelain factory in St. Petersburg has stirred up a storm of protest in Russia
Konstantin Akinsha, Joe Lauria & Sylvia Hochfield
Toby Looks At Art
The secret of modern painting–straight from the horse’s mouth
Steve Martin
Inside Hotel Planet
For David Deutsch, space is a place
Paul Gardner
Departments
Letters
The battle against Cuban counterfeits
Art Talk
George Stephanopoulos; Joseph Solman; Judy Chicago; Sam Francis; Madalen Warhola; Klaus Biesenbach; James Rosenquist
National News
Turning Around the Barnes Foundation; Spotlight: Carlos A. Picón: Ionic Man; Winter Park, Florida Reconstructing a Tiffany chapel; In Memoriam Paul Mellon: The “perfect trustee”
International News
Czech Republic Prague’s embarrassment of riches; Florence Taking Samson to Court; Castel di Tusa Mob Story; London Con Artist Convicted
Art Market
Picasso the ceramist; A Portuguese first; Gala’s gold; Tax relief
City Focus: Milan
Chic to Cheek: Spurred by its fashion industry, Milan is enjoying a renaissance–again
Ken Shulman
Living with Art
Canadian Beacon: In business as in art, it’s the early stages that lure Toronto’s Bruce Bailey
Barbara A. MacAdam
Looking at Art
A Madonna Without a Child: John Singer Sargent portrays Elsie Palmer as if she were the central figure in a Florentine triptych
Elaine Kilmurray
Studio
Greetings from Toxic Paradise: For Adam Straus, nature is not quite Utopia
Valerie Gladstone
Perspective
Gabbers, Hoggers, and Nonsense Spouters: Most folks behave properly at museums. But there are those who don’t
Milton Esterow
Reviews
Our far-flung critics assess exhibitions in New York; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; San Francisco; Los Angeles; Dallas; Houston; West Hollywood; London; Paris; Mexico City; Montreal; Zurich; and Antwerp