Past Issue
February 2020
• An interview with Don McCullin
• Collecting Etruscan art in Milan
• Ingres in the south of France
• Is contemporary art too wasteful?
Plus: A visit to the State Silk Museum in Tbilisi, and a preview of Asia Week New York. And reviews of Charlotte Salomon at the Jewish Museum in London and Leonardo at the Louvre, and a new biography of Lucian Freud.
Inside this issue
Past issues
March 2020
Christo | Artemisia Gentileschi | The mistresses of Charles II
January 2020
German ‘trophy art | Egyptian art | Rose Wylie
December 2019
The Apollo Awards 2019 | Giulio Romano | Watteau
November 2019
Peabody Essex Museum | Betye Saar | Medieval Ethiopia
More from Apollo
Close encounters – Van Eyck in Ghent, reviewed
How Van Eyck achieved his effects is still very hard to explain, but there’s no denying their power
‘I’ve earned my reputation out of other people’s downfall’ – an interview with Don McCullin
The legendary photographer talks about his images of war abroad and poverty at home – and what now draws him to landscapes
Eye of the beholder – how the Prophet Muhammad has been depicted through the centuries
Museums have avoided displaying images of the Prophet in recent years – but might this not do a disservice to the heritage of Islam?
Guidance and gratitude – on cultural leadership in uncertain times
The director of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., on the challenges of steering the institution and looking after its staff during the Covid-19 crisis