Scents and sensibility: why smell counts in art
The visual arts have often toyed with odours and smells, however challenging they are to represent
Can neuroscience really tell us much about why we look at art?
The mystery of aesthetic experience is perhaps even greater than that of the human brain
Kinetic art – a field that has always refused to stand still
From Calder to Kusama, modern and contemporary artists have created many different versions of kinetic art
Meret Oppenheim – an outsider interested in the outsides of things
Swiss artist Meret Oppenheim’s objects – she referred to them as ‘things’ – are still deeply unsettling, drawing you into their worlds and their logic
Richard Long: The Last Amateur
Nearly 50 years ago, Richard Long transformed a simple walk into a radical act. The artist talks to Apollo about mud and mark-making, his new prints, and why he can’t stop walking
Review: ‘Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision’ at the National Portrait Gallery
Frances Spalding’s expertly curated exhibition places Woolf at the still centre of the Bloomsbury group
Review: ‘Gerardo Dottori: The Futurist View’ at the Estorick Collection
Even in his aeropainting phase Dottori was committed to the pastoral
Flesh over Bone
Francis Bacon wins the latest bout between artistic heavyweights, against Henry Moore at the Ashmolean
Review: Curiouser and Curiouser
Unexpected connections abound in Brian Dillon’s eclectic cabinet of curiosities
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