For a brief period before the First World War, oblique angles and angular planes were all the rage in Prague
Artworks documenting the Wild West are becoming increasingly sought-after – and collectors are paying big bucks to lasso the best ones
APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Hare Style’ – Vienna’s Albertina at 250…
APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features Inside the crisis at the Louvre | how Marcel Duchamp invented modern art | an interview with Abbas Akhavan | Whistler shows his metal
FEATURES | Valeria Costa-Kostritsky explores the crisis at the Louvre; Hettie Judah talks to Abbas Akhavan before the artist represents Canada at the Venice Biennale; Ana María Bresciani of the Munchmuseet on Edvard Munch and the chocolate factory; Nicole Rudick on how Marcel Duchamp has been misunderstood; and Tara Contractor takes a closer look at Whistler’s love of metallic surfaces
REVIEWS | Sheila Barker on Raphael’s interest in women – and their interest in him; Zachary Ginsberg takes the temperature of contemporary American art at the Whitney Biennial; Digby Warde-Aldam admires Hurvin Anderson’s tricky balancing acts; Robert Hanks on the role of man’s best friend in art history; and William Aslet on the craftsmen behind some of Britain and Ireland’s best buildings
MARKET | Jane Morris on the status of online auctions; Emma Crichton-Miller on the mid-century French designers who married form, function and fun; in New York fair previews: Fatema Ahmed picks highlights from TEFAF; and Arjun Sajip looks ahead to Frieze
PLUS | Charles Darwent salutes the subtleties of Jasper Johns; Samuel Reilly on the threat to one of Glasgow’s most unusual attractions; Will Wiles applauds the witty architectural cartoons of Alan Dunn; Ivan Day on extravagant banquets in the Georgian era; Christina Makris visits the vineyard of Château La Coste; Helena Attlee is fired up by a depiction of Mount Etna; and Edward Behrens on a sale that shines new light on Gerhard Richter
APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Exposed! – Italy’s First Photos”
The city has long been synonymous with finance, fashion and design, but it is increasingly banking on art too
The idea of the beautiful and the damned is a longstanding one, but a problematic one – in art as well as life
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
The Shiraz grape is native to France, but it has longstanding links with Persian courtly life and culture
APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Van Dyck’s Ruff Magic’….
The self-taught painter had a trememdous sense of self-belief, despite being ridiculed in his lifetime. A landmark exhibition confirms him as a singularly modern artist
Since 1956, the New York institution has fostered cross-cultural understanding, equipped with a collection of masterpieces assembled by its founder, John D. Rockefeller
Joseph Koerner’s account of art made in extremis turns Bosch, Beckmann and Kentridge into unexpected associates across the ages
APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Miquel Barceló’s Mutant Art’….
While the architect’s approach to restoring France’s medieval buildings remains controversial, his many and varied talents are still utterly awe-inspiring by Tim Smith-Laing
A mammoth retrospective in Paris confirms the German artist as one of the world’s greatest living painters – and one of the most elusive
While the architect’s approach to restoring France’s medieval buildings remains controversial, his many and varied talents are still utterly awe-inspiring
Antonio Gaudi’s masterpiece is nearing completion a century after the architect’s death
Demand for the best paintings of the city shows no sign of sinking, but some artists have a more buoyant market than others
If galleries and institutions want to grow their visitor numbers, they need to add style to their substance
After a gloomy few years, promising auction results and some exciting upcoming sales suggest that the market could be on the road to recovery
A century ago, Alexander Tamanyan devised a startling layout for the city. Despite changes in regime and fashion, his vision has endured
APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features Hew Locke and the Empire’s new clothes | Princeton University Art Museum reopens | William Hogarth’s bedside manner | the many faces of Nigerian modernism
On the eve of a major US survey, the artist talks to Apollo about decorating statues and the ornamental side of the British Empire
By turns picturesque and insalubrious, mews houses have a compellingly chequered past
Eclectic art and innovative curation are helping Art Basel Paris fly the flag for the French art market
Work by late 20th-century and contemporary Chinese artists has been throwing up surprises recently
Eero Saarinen’s US embassy building in Mayfair has long been undervalued, but its conversion into a luxury hotel may help revive its reputation
Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth are ever in demand, but the market for their lesser-known contemporaries is growing too
While exiled in the city, Marie Antoinette’s favourite artist stuck up a close friendship with her own idol, Angelica Kauffman
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