Apollo Magazine – May 2023 issue:

FEATURES | Jaune Quick-to-See Smith talks to Samuel Reilly about breaking the ‘buckskin ceiling’; Grant Lewis on Handel’s art-buying habit; Elisa Germán talks to Apollo about the watercolours of Richard Foster Yarde; Louisa McKenzie on wax figures through the ages; Jonathan Griffin on the creative curating of Walter Hopps

REVIEWS | Imogen Tedbury on the experimental side of Giovanni Bellini; Nicola Shulman on tartan at the V&A Dundee; Matthew Sperling looks at Alice Neel’s paintings at the Barbican; William Carruthers digs deeper into the life of a formidable French archaeologist; Alice Minter is dazzled by a catalogue of the Louvre’s gold and silver

MARKET | Jane Morris on New York’s domination of the art market; plus the latest columns from Emma Crichton-Miller and Samuel Reilly

PLUS | Hettie Judah asks if artists are getting screwed over by galleries and museums; Rosamund Bartlett on how Sydney Modern is rethinking Australian art; Diane Smyth focuses on photography collections in the UK; William Aslet on the chequered history of St Mary-le-Strand; Thomas Marks watches La Grande Bouffe; Christina Makris drinks rosé at a sculpture park in Piedmont; Sophie Barling on the potter who turned back time; Helen Stoilas on what not to miss at TEFAF New York; plus our pick of the best exhibitions to see this month

What’s the point of studying fine art?

Enrolment in the humanities is tumbling across the United States, but the numbers for fine art are still holding up

Will Edward Bawden’s lost masterpiece ever be tracked down?

The hunt is on for an epic mural depicting ‘Country Life in Britain’ – but chances are it’s a wild goose chase

Finnish lines – a new look for the Ateneum in Helsinki

Finland’s most important art museum has been completely rehung just as questions of culture and national identity are on everyone’s mind