Louise Nicholson is a freelance arts writer and Apollo contributor

The Partition Museum in Amritsar's Town Hall

Inside India’s first Partition Museum

Millions were displaced and hundreds of thousands killed in the Partition of India. Seventy years on, a new museum addresses the tragedy

10 Aug 2017
Anish Kapoor’s Descension in Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York. Photo: James Ewing, Public Art Fund, NY © Anish Kapoor, 2017

Anish Kapoor causes a stir in New York

New York’s Public Art Fund celebrates its 40th birthday with commissions by Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor

5 Jul 2017
Stracci Italiani (2007), Michelangelo Pistoletto

A new home for post-war Italian art

Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu talk about sharing their collection at their new art space, Magazzino

17 Jun 2017
The Video Gallery at 21c Nashville. Photo: Mike Schwartz. Courtesy 21c Museum Hotels

An artistic tour of Nashville, Tennessee

If you think Nashville is all about music, think again. The city has a host of historic buildings and house museums, and now boasts its own ‘museum hotel’

14 Jun 2017
Gandhi's funeral. Crowds gathered between Birla House and the cremation ground, throwing flowers (1948), Henri Cartier-Bresson. © Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos

How Henri Cartier-Bresson bore witness to Gandhi’s death

The photographer met with Gandhi just hours before his assassination – and recorded an event that shook the world

31 May 2017
Rendering of glass staircase in the Tiffany Gallery, Fourth Floor, New-York Historical Society. Courtesy Eva Jiřičná Architects

Remaking history in New York

New galleries mean a fresh start for the New-York Historical Society Museum and Library

21 Apr 2017
Aerial view of the museum. Courtesy the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

How Kansas City got its magnificent museum

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art built its collection from scratch in the 1930s, and is still going strong today

7 Apr 2017
Queen Charlotte (1771), Johan Joseph Zoffany. Royal Collection Trust, UK, © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2016

How three foreign women transformed the British monarchy

An enlightening new exhibition explores the legacy of three Hanoverian princesses, who married into the British royal family and completely redefined its culture

28 Feb 2017
Baggage Claim (2010), Jitish Kallat. Centre Pompidou, Paris

Jitish Kallat’s long meditation on life and death in the city

The Indian artist’s global success has not been fully appreciated at home – until now

7 Feb 2017
Madame Noblet (1897), Medardo Rosso.

There’s much more to St Louis than the memory of the World’s Fair

The city’s museums are flourishing, with top exhibitions – including a major Medardo Rosso show

16 Jan 2017
Carudatta Presenting a Pearl Necklace to Vasantesena, (c. 1952), Y. G. Srimati.

Old Master drawings, Tiffany mosaics, and the best Indian art

From the highly anticipated Pacific Standard Time to New York’s famous art fairs, there’s plenty to see across the USA in 2017

31 Dec 2016
Jagdish Mittal, founder of the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art, Hyderabad

One man’s lifelong devotion to Indian art

Jagdish Mittal, who has amassed one of the world’s finest collections of Indian art, discusses his dedication to art and instinctive approach to collecting

27 Dec 2016
Rama kills the demon warrior Makaraksha in combat. From a manuscript of the Ramayana (c. 1790), India; Himachal Pradesh state, former kingdom of Guler. Photo © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

An epic exhibition for an epic subject

Clever staging, excellent exhibits and a timeless story combine to make the Asian Art Museum’s Ramayana exhibition a great success

23 Dec 2016
Looking at Matisse Today: A Symposium, 2016. © The Barnes Foundation. Photo by Keristin Gaber

Baltimore and Philadelphia’s colourful tribute to Matisse

Between them the Barnes Foundation and the Baltimore Museum of Art have an enviable set of works by Matisse – and their exhibitions and events reflect this

21 Nov 2016
Installation View: ‘Calder and Picasso’, Almine Rech Gallery, New York, 2016

Picasso and Calder’s grandsons team up for a sparkling joint show

Almine Rech gallery makes an impressive New York debut with this combined exhibition of works by Pablo Picasso and Alexander Calder

11 Nov 2016

The most beautiful calligraphy in the world

Everyone should make a point of seeing these 61 Qur’ans, in a show that sets many common misunderstandings straight.

4 Nov 2016
Hall from Madanagopalaswamy Temple (c. 1560), Madurai, South India. Photo: Joseph Hu, 2016

A fresh look at Philadelphia’s unrivalled collection of South Asian art

A renovation project at the Philadelphia Museum of Art pays tribute to Stella Kramrisch, the woman who made their collection possible

13 Oct 2016
Virginia Dwan in her gallery during the exhibition 'Language III', Dwan Gallery, New York (May 1969). Courtesy Dwan Gallery Archive

Virginia Dwan emerges as the star of the NGA’s new galleries

The National Gallery has opened its revamped East Building with a celebration of the woman who put some of the USA’s most influential contemporary artists on the map

4 Oct 2016
Cabin (2016), Rachel Whiteread, on Discovery Hill, Governors Island. Photo by Tim Schenck.

Rachel Whiteread takes to the hills on Governors Island

Bit by bit, the former military site in New York Harbor is being transformed into a cultural destination

12 Sep 2016
Ritual dou vessel with phoenix-shaped handles (Qing dynasty, reign of Emperor Yongzheng: 1723–35), by the Imperial Workshop, Beijing. Photo: © National Palace Museum, Taipei

The very best of Chinese imperial art comes to San Francisco

It’s been 20 years since Taipei’s National Palace Museum loaned works to the US – now’s the chance to see their Chinese treasures

22 Aug 2016

Onwards and upwards: the mighty Detroit

If anything mirrors Detroit’s rise over the years, it’s the wonderful Detroit Institute of Art

11 Aug 2016

Keeping the wheels of industry turning: Cleveland’s cultural capital

Cleveland’s fortunes may have been made in shipping and mining, but the city now boasts a rich cultural scene

8 Aug 2016

The Glass City is rising once again: Toledo’s treasures

There’s plenty for art lovers to enjoy, not least the impressive Toledo Museum of Art

4 Aug 2016

The Magnificent Mile and beyond: Chicago’s museums

Chicago is a city on the rise again, and its art scene is thriving

2 Aug 2016