Simon Grant talks to Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst about bringing contemporary art to the grounds of Sudeley Castle, her family home. Portrait by Derry Moore.

I’m sitting in the outdoor café, surrounded by families and couples who are having a tea break during their visit to Sudeley Castle, a beautiful late-medieval house set deep in...

The collectors who really matter to the history of art are not necessarily the very richest or even the most acquisitive. They are those who by their example set standards for others, encourage interest in the art they collect and share their treasures with the public. In short, the collectors of greatest importance are those who wield the greatest influence. Martin Bailey presents Apollo’s list of the 20 most influential collectors today.

Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller – Tribal Art
Nationality: Swiss
Age: 77
Source of wealth: Property

Josef Mueller began a collection of tribal art in the 1930s and, after...

To mark the opening of the British Museum’s exhibition on the Emperor Hadrian, Caroline Vout traces the way that our image of him has been shaped by artists since the 18th century.

Long before the opening of its summer exhibition, ‘Hadrian: Empire and Conflict’, the British Museum was giving Hadrian maximum exposure. In April, one of the key exhibits from its own...

Mark Wallinger’s proposal for a 50-metre-high sculpture of a white horse at Ebbsfleet, Kent, has captured the headlines. He talks to Martin Gayford about public art, national identity and bloodstock.

Shut your eyes and think of England. If you take that advice, allegedly given to Victorian brides, what comes to mind? There are of course all manner of possibilities, some...