The Donald who didn’t like Nazis
The Donald who didn’t like NazisThe Disney star was a marvel of 20th-century industrial production and the Second World War was his finest hour, writes Todd McEwen
Picabia, the painter who refused to be pinned down
In his final works, some of which have never been shown before, the endlessly restless artist adopted an abstract style that challenges us to look for hidden meanings
Acquisitions of the month: January 2025
Highlights include a trove of photographs by Robert Frank and the first Bernini statue in a Dutch public collection
Prince Karim Aga Khan IV (1936–2025)
The Aga Khan IV, who has died at the age of 88, formed an important collection of Islamic art and dedicated some of his fabulous wealth to cultural heritage projects around the world
Four things to see: Puppets
To mark 85 years since the premiere of Walt Disney’s Pinocchio, here are four artworks that speak to our enduring fascination with puppetry
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The loneliest Bauhaus architect in America – The Brutalist, reviewed
Brady Corbet’s epically long film starring Adrien Brody as a Bauhaus-trained architect in America conveniently pretends that all the real Bauhaus-trained architects who made it to America never existed
The Louvre restores Cimabue to his rightful place
Two restored masterpieces – one vast in scale, the other intimate – are being shown together for the first time to give us fresh insights into ‘the first light of Renaissance painting’
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In the studio with… Jakkai Siributr
The Thai textile artist prefers silence in his studio so he can listen to his thoughts – which proves tricky when his dogs are hanging around
In the studio with… Chrissie Hynde
The rockstar-turned-artist revels in her solitude and shuts the door to everyone except her dog when she’s in the studio – which is also her flat
February 2025
How pastels caused a stir in 18th-century Paris
Cimabue, the first light of the Renaissance
When Rubens was king of his own castle
Will US tariffs threaten the art market?
Also: American museums and the culture wars, in defence of eccentrics, the retro pleasures of Viennetta, Italy’s answer to Versailles; reviews of Orphism in New York and medieval women in London, John Singer Sargent’s favourite family, and the only Disney character who was ever funny. Plus: Helen Gordon on the meteorite that captivated Dürer
What will US tariffs mean for the art market?
As Trump 2.0 makes its presence felt, the art market is feeling nervous about new trade barriers – and reluctant to talk about the subject in public
The courtly ways of Marianne Faithfull
The late, great singer had noble origins – and the way she negotiated the machinations of Warhol’s Factory would put most courtiers to shame
Pompeii’s extraordinary recent discoveries lay a firm foundation for the future
The Great Pompeii project has more than lived up to the name, but it’s now time for a period of conservation and consolidation
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The menacing visions of Jusepe de Ribera
Though clearly influenced by Caravaggio, the Spanish painter rendered saints and sinners in a ferocious style all of his own
The uneasy business of being an American artist: an interview with Rachel Cohen
The author of ‘A Chance Meeting’ talks to Apollo about the reissue of her dazzlingly original account of more than a century of artistic endeavour in the United States
The repeat performances of William Morris
The designer’s wallpaper patterns are so familiar that they’re in danger of being taken for granted – but there’s still plenty to discover if we look more closely
Augustus the Strong’s weakness for luxury
Tim Blanning’s masterful biography demonstrates that the despotic ruler of Saxony and Poland was rubbish at war, but had absolutely fabulous taste in art
The memory palace of Mario Praz
The scholar’s meticulously preserved apartment in Rome testifies to his passion for all things 19th century, and to how he treated collecting as a form of memoir
‘I’m not worried about going stagnant or out of fashion’ – an interview with Jake Grewal
Ahead of an exhibition at Studio Voltaire, the painter talks to Apollo about queerness, his obsession with charcoal and why he loves the work of Keith Vaughan
Citizen Guillaume – the painter whose fortunes followed the French Revolution’s
The story of an artist who has been forgotten for nearly 200 years reflects the hopes and failures of the turbulent times he lived through
A fitting tribute to Dior
An imaginative exhibition in The Hague stresses how much the fashion house still owes to its founder
Postcards from the Future
See the opening exhibition at PoMo, Norway’s newest private museum and northerly outpost of modern and contemporary art
Retrospect: 50 Years of the Norton Simon Museum
The Pasadena museum marks its 50th birthday by showing off its most important acquisitions
Soane and Modernism: Make It New
The neoclassicist architect’s interest in light, space and abstraction endeared him to the modern movement, which regarded him as a forerunner
Kandinsky’s Universe: Geometric Abstraction in the 20th century
The artist who imbued geometry with spiritual meaning inspired scores of other painters, on both sides of the Atlantic