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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

News

Rakewell

Apollo's wandering eye on the art world, taking a rakish perspective on art and museum stories

Postcards from the Future

See the opening exhibition at PoMo, Norway’s newest private museum and northerly outpost of modern and contemporary art

7 Feb 2025

Retrospect: 50 Years of the Norton Simon Museum

The Pasadena museum marks its 50th birthday by showing off its most important acquisitions

7 Feb 2025

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

7 Feb 2025

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

7 Feb 2025

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