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Cover Un Jeune Gentleman, 1978, Malick Sidibé (1935–2016), silver baryta print, 30 × 40cm. Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris. Courtesy MAGNIN-A Gallery, Paris; © Malick Sidibé Estate See feature on pp. 50–56

APOLLO JULY/AUGUST 2021

19 Editor’s Letter 20 Agenda

July/August highlights 22 Forum

Will unions make a difference at US museums? 25 Diary

Sophie Barling hymns the genius of Grinling Gibbons, 300 years on 28 Diary

Paul Basu on the challenges of confronting colonial collections 31 Letter

Madeleine Schwartz at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris 34 Architecture

William Aslet on the flights of fancy that are the Spanish Steps in Rome 36 Inquiry

Francis FitzGibbon proposes a model for assessing restitution claims

40 Parcours des Mondes

Susan Moore selects her highlights of the event

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Features 44 Bible Storeys

Michael Prodger visits Lambeth Palace Library’s new home, in a tower overlooking the Thames 50 Looking Sharp

In their portraits of everyday life, post-independence photographers in West Africa could draw on a long tradition, writes Samuel Reilly 58 Surface Tension

Martin Herbert talks to Mamma Andersson about her deceptively calm paintings 66 Shell Suits

Indigenous nations have long used wampum belts as diplomatic tools, writes Ruth B. Phillips

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