Past Issue
February 2021
• The art of ancient Iran
• Has the blockbuster exhibition had its day?
• An interview with Lisa Yuskavage
• Aby Warburg’s unfinished masterpiece
Plus: Drawings of Dante’s Divine Comedy, the unruly lives of postcards, a preview of Asia Week New York, wooden spoons in Seoul, and a groundbreaking biography of Goya
Inside this issue
Past issues
January 2021
Patricia Highsmith | Maggi Hambling | Anders Zorn
December 2020
The Apollo Awards 2020
November 2020
Denzil Forrester | Musée Cernuschi | Augustus Saint-Gaudens
October 2020
Cycle racing | British Museum | Tunisia
More from Apollo
Budding prospects – a botanist’s guide to Elizabethan England
Jacques Le Moyne’s intricate depictions of flowers and herbs were a pioneering contribution to the field of botanical illustration
How Naples made a saint of Maradona
Saints loom large in the streets of Naples – and now perhaps none more so than the legendary Napoli player
Chain reaction – the art of bicycle racing
The invention of the modern bicycle in 1885 led to a whirl of enthusiasm for racing these new machines – and artists were swept up in the craze
‘That hyena in petticoats’: how artists have portrayed Mary Wollstonecraft
The pioneering advocate for women’s rights has inspired many attempts to catch her likeness and spirit – but what can these portraits tell us about her legacy?