APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Exposed! – Italy’s First Photos”

How Milan is refashioning itself as a contemporary art hub

The city has long been synonymous with finance, fashion and design, but it is increasingly banking on art too

The dangers of playing the ‘beautiful’ game

The idea of the beautiful and the damned is a longstanding one, but a problematic one – in art as well as life

Restoring Dresden’s crowning glory

The city has been rebuilding the Residenzschloss, home of its one-time ruler Augustus the Strong, since the Second World War – and the results are worth the wait

Simply red: a short history of Shiraz

The Shiraz grape is native to France, but it has longstanding links with Persian courtly life and culture