Interviews
What’s next for the World Monuments Fund Britain?
John Darlington discusses the organisation’s work to protect heritage around the world, and how recent restructuring will affect its future
The dandy from Van Dyck to Oscar Wilde
In advance of its major Oscar Wilde exhibition, the Petit Palais plays host to an event exploring the dandy through history
How tea changed the history of the world
Nirmal Sethia talks about the Chitra Collection, one of the world’s finest private collection of historical – and explains the true significance of tea
‘I like the idea of getting lost.’ Damián Ortega in Edinburgh
The Mexican artist discusses his work, his experimental education and the importance of tools, as his solo exhibition opens at Fruitmarket Gallery
Stories in abstraction: an interview with Mary Heilmann
With her first UK exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, Mary Heilmann talks fashion, finger painting and why Ellsworth Kelly is her hero
Ten new galleries for the National Museum of Scotland’s treasures
Art and design highlights include treasures from Hamilton Palace and Napoleon’s tea-service
A university with a playground attached: Frances Morris’s vision for Tate Modern
The gallery’s new director on the Switch House extension, promoting women artists, and finally having the final say over the collection
The museum that keeps Bath buzzing
The Holburne Museum is a place of serious pleasure, says director Jennifer Scott, and that’s how it stays true to its roots
‘Museums will have a strong future.’ Wim Pijbes moves on from the Rijksmuseum
We spoke to the outgoing Rijksmuseum director about the internet, Old Masters, and art by the seaside as he prepares for a new role at the Museum Voorlinden
Cornelia Parker on why she relishes curating
The artist talks to Apollo about her obsession with found objects and making art out of gin
How do you capture a colour? Interview with Ettore Spalletti
The Italian artist discusses his distinctive palette and what he owes to Yves Klein
Cracks, chance and Japanese philosophy: An interview with Bosco Sodi
The Mexican artist on the importance of artistic process and the arts charity he has set up in Mexico
‘I love the shock of conflict between cultures’
Huang Yong Ping on blurring the lines between Chinese and Western traditions
Why collect only women artists?
Valeria Napoleone discusses her unusual collection, and the importance of her relationships with artists
Contemporary wounds at the heart of TEFAF
The curator of ‘Show your Wound’ discusses his thorny choice of subject and changing ideas
The modern mysteries of Michaël Borremans
The Belgian painter reveres the Old Masters but is ‘ashamed’ by the state of figurative painting today
‘This is what we can do in an encyclopaedic museum’
Sheena Wagstaff on the Met’s ambitious plans for the Breuer building
Christo prepares to walk on water
Christo and his wife and collaborator Jeanne-Claude wanted to walk on water nearly 40 years ago. The Floating Piers project this summer will achieve their dream.
Susan Hiller’s search for the right medium
‘What’s happened to the witch, the German puppet witch?’ Susan Hiller enquires of the waitress…
Omar Kholeif on how the internet transformed art
‘I’ve always been interested in artists who stretch the formal limits of technology’
Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015)
Remembering the great pioneer of American abstraction, who has died at the age of 92
Hal Foster on art after 1989 and the rise of the zombie
Hal Foster talks to Fatema Ahmed about art after the end of the Cold War, the cultural dominance of zombies, and why he eavesdrops in museums
‘Our Europe is an inclusive Europe’: the Victoria and Albert Museum’s new European Galleries
Lesley Miller, the lead curator of the museum’s new ‘Europe 1600–1815 Galleries’ explains the hard decisions involved in making displays
Solitary Soul: Interview with Lee Ufan
‘My painting is a game, with the canvas as my opponent’
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