Interviews

Koen Vanmechelen on the art of cross-breeding chickens

The Crypt Gallery in St Pancras Church is overrun with cosmopolitan chickens. Is it art?

14 Nov 2014

Dealer’s Choice: Georges de Jonckheere

De Jonckheere on the art market, and mixing Old Masters with modern art

12 Nov 2014

Ring Cycles: Benjamin Zucker’s ring collection goes on show in New York

‘Cycles of Life’ presents more than 40 exceptional historic rings

31 Oct 2014

Looking for meaning: a conversation with Jonas Burgert

To me, Burgert’s paintings are packed with art-historical allusions. But if the artist meant them to sneak in, he won’t admit it

24 Oct 2014

County Durham celebrates its Spanish heritage

Auckland Castle, the Bowes Museum and Durham University host a major Spanish Art symposium which draws on the region’s own superb collections

22 Oct 2014

Dealer’s Choice: Simon Phillips

Simon Phillips on selling and collecting 18th-century furniture

18 Oct 2014

Frieze Masters: Daniel Crouch Rare Books

Apollo spoke to the first rare books and maps dealer to exhibit at Frieze Masters

17 Oct 2014

Frieze Masters: Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Mitchell-Innes & Nash have teamed up with Annely Juda Fine Art to present a series of drawings after Old Masters by Leon Kossoff

16 Oct 2014

Frieze Masters: Bacon at Marlborough Fine Art

‘Study for Bullfight no. 1’ steals the show at Stand C8. We spoke to Alexander Platon about the display

15 Oct 2014

Dealer’s Choice: Lyndsey Ingram

Lyndsey Ingram discusses her work at Sims Reed Gallery and the market for contemporary and modern prints

13 Oct 2014

Looking ahead: Katie Paterson discusses her ‘Future Library’

Katie Paterson’s latest work will be one hundred years in the making

11 Oct 2014

First Look: ‘ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow’ at the Guggenheim New York

The Guggenheim celebrates the ZERO Group and those they inspired

7 Oct 2014

First Look: ‘Rubens and his Legacy’ at BOZAR, Brussels

Without Rubens no rococo, no romanticism, no orientalism. Perhaps even no Impressionism.

25 Sep 2014

Stephen Shore: September Apollo

Photographer Stephen Shore talks to Apollo ahead of his retrospective at Fundación Mapfre, Madrid

8 Sep 2014

Aaron Curry and Andrew Brischler: the art of process

Two young artists argue for a return to paint and pencil

29 Aug 2014

Gilbert & George Interview: July/August Apollo

Martin Gayford talks to artist duo Gilbert & George at their East London studio

18 Jul 2014

Lasting Legacies: the reopening of the IWM London

With a new atrium designed by Norman Foster, IWM London reopens this month following major refurbishment

16 Jul 2014

Small Wonders: Museo Sorolla

A large collection of Joaquín Sorolla’s paintings are still on display in the artist’s old home in Madrid

Beatrix Ruf: June Apollo

Beatrix Ruf, the new Artistic Director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, talks to Apollo about her ambitions for the institution

2 Jul 2014

Making a Masterpiece: Tim Noble and Sue Webster (Interview)

‘Don’t think you can make a masterpiece without a lot of hard work’

30 Jun 2014

From London to St Ives: Interview with Sam Thorne

Sam Thorne joined Tate St Ives as its artistic director in March: we spoke to him about Cornwall and curating

24 Jun 2014

Interview with Phillip King

Sculptor Phillip King talks colour, steel and glitter in advance of his solo exhibition at Thomas Dane Gallery

28 May 2014

Art Basel in Hong Kong: May Apollo

Ben Luke talks to the director of Art Basel in Hong Kong, Magnus Renfrew, about the fair’s much anticipated second edition

14 May 2014