Are artists getting screwed over by galleries and museums?
A new report shows that most practitioners are still working for love rather than fair pay
The grand ambitions of Venice’s new centre for photography
Located on the tiny island of San Giorgio, Le Stanze della Fotografia hopes to become a landmark in Italy
Auction highlights – a window on the world of Pierre Boulez
The famously irascible composer’s collection is up for sale at Artcurial in Paris this month – and it’s full of unexpected delights
All change at the Venice Architecture Biennale?
With its focus on architects from Africa and its diasporas, the main exhibition curated by Lesley Lokko is a breath of fresh air
Mining meaning in Middlesbrough
Locals and celebrities have banded together to offer a compelling range of perspectives on the industrial history of the Yorkshire town
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How to live like Courtney Love
The grunge goddess seems very comfortable in her celebrity skin these days, if a recent interview is anything to go by
From Bruce Lee to Blobbyland – a guide to London Gallery Weekend
With more than 150 exhibitions staged across the capital, Apollo’s editors pick out the ones they don’t want to miss
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In the studio with… Angela Heisch
The Brooklyn-based artist has found that becoming a mother has completely transformed the way she works
In the studio with… Kathryn Maple
The weird lighting in the artist’s studio sometimes makes her feel like she’s in tropical fish tank, but her dog Mary makes sure she gets out for walks every day
May 2023
Are galleries screwing over artists?
An interview with Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
The creative curating of Walter Hopps
Sydney Modern rethinks Australian art
Plus: the watercolours of Richard Foster Yarde, previews of TEFAF New York and Frieze, reviews of Bellini in Paris, Alice Neel in London and tartan at the V&A Dundee, plus a catalogue of silver at the Louvre
London’s most gruesome museum is back – and weirder than ever
The Hunterian Museum has reconsidered the ethics of showing human remains without sacrificing its weird charm
A short guide to Carlo Scarpa’s Venice
Christina Makris goes in search of the work of the architect renowned for marrying traditional craftsmanship to modernist details
Auction highlights – Basquiat is still very much in fashion
Sotheby’s and Christie’s are both hoping to capitalise on the artist’s luxury status next week
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After a series of scandals, the Met hires an in-house provenance team
Plus: the Centre Pompidou in Paris will close for five years, from 2025–2030, and Samuel Fosso wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
The unheimlich manoeuvres of Joanna Pietrowska
These photographs of domestic scenes and everyday encounters are very familiar and very unsettling
The coronation, reviewed
Amid all the pomp and the circumstance, the crowning of Charles III has much to tell us about the state of the nation
Frank Auerbach faces himself
At the age of 91, the artist has produced a series of remarkable self-portraits, now on show at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith remakes America
The artist who has long campaigned for the recognition of Native American artists is changing how we look at the art of the United States
Why does Surrealism feel so contemporary?
As the movement approaches its 100th anniversary, six experts explain why it continues to inspire artists, collectors and curators today
How Barbara Hepworth got into a new groove
The Palais de Danse in St Ives allowed the sculptor’s work to grow in ambition
Moki Cherry: Here and Now
The Swedish artist’s wide-ranging practice included tapestry, costume design, painting, film and sculpture
Gods, Heroes and Traitors: The History Image around 1800
The Albertina Museum considers how painters such as Jacques-Louis David and Henry Fuseli sought to measure themselves against the ancient past
Naples in Paris
The Louvre makes room for 60 Italian masterpieces from the Museo di Capodimonte
The Gold Emperor from Aventicum
A remarkable bust of Marcus Aurelius makes an exceptional excursion from Switzerland to Los Angeles
Is the UK finally getting serious about Eurovision?
For too long, Britain’s lack of regard for the song contest has been rewarded by poor results. It’s time to make more of an effort.