This May, Apollo previews the 56th edition of the Venice Biennale, and features articles on the new Whitney in New York, the Waddesdon bequest, and art collecting in Hong Kong. Christopher Turner talks to George Loudon about his collection of Victorian scientific objects, and Peter Doig tells Martin Gayford about how the past returns in his paintings. Plus: Gavin Stamp on Ödön Lecher and Emma Crichton-Miller on the market for Italian terracottas. Preview the issue below.
Fifty years on, this biopic of Edvard Munch deserves a new lease of life
Peter Watkins’ 1974 film is no ordinary portrait of the artist – and feels more current than ever as the art-historical canon is up for debate