Melissa Munro is senior curator of the Derek Williams collection at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales.

Features
Gillian Ayres at home in Barnes, London, in 1961.

A tribute to Gillian Ayres (1930–2018)

Ayres has died at the age of 88 after a long, vibrant career as one of Britain’s leading abstract painters

18 Apr 2018

Current Issue

December 2018

Sign up to Apollo newsletters and special offers

In the news

Love is in the Bin (2018), Banksy.

The satirical world of contemporary art – from Banksy to broadcasting

Artists and auction houses alike contribute to the comic excesses of their world – but are they in on the joke?

The drawing found in Blombos Cave, South Africa.

The oldest drawing in the world has been discovered – but is it art?

A 73,000-year-old fragment of stone marked with red lines raises questions about the nature of aesthetic experience

Most popular

  • google_a
  • comments
  • Recent

Book competition

Win a copy of Hokusai Manga (Thames & Hudson)

Podcast

Zoe Whitley

The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Zoe Whitley

Gabrielle Schwarz talks to Zoe Whitley, curator of international art at Tate Modern, about different approaches to exhibition-making

Art news daily

Kaywin Feldman named first female director of National Gallery of Art in Washington

Easter Island mayor suggests Moai statue should stay in Britain

Activist group stages protest at Whitney Museum

Latest Comment

Should paintings be conserved in public?

How can museums make us pay proper attention to moving images?

The Benin Bronzes are not just virtuoso works of art – they record the kingdom’s history