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July/August 2023
At the new National Portrait Gallery
The abstract art of Ellsworth Kelly
A Futurist family home in Rome
The ageing of Helsinki’s modern architecture
Plus: Gertrude Jekyll’s garden at Munstead Wood, X. Marcel Boulestin’s catering to the masses, reviews of Cecily Brown in New York and Simone Leigh in Boston and a preview of Parcours des Mondes
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Past issues
September 2024
Jan Švankmajer | Pompeii | Cat ladies
July/August 2024
Museum of West African Art | Jeremy Frey | Ed Ruscha
June 2024
Napoleon Bonaparte | Caspar David Friedrich | the Impressionists
May 2024
The National Gallery | Alvaro Barrington | Art and the oil industry
More from Apollo
Transforming the National Gallery, one painting at a time
The museum’s head of framing, Peter Schade, is quietly changing how we see some of the world’s most famous pictures
The unconventional wisdom of Eileen Agar
The British Surrealist’s colourful account of a long and eventful career is back in print, and her deep commitment to her work couldn’t be clearer
What is the point of the people in architectural drawings?
An exhibition at the Soane Museum shows that technical drawings of buildings are often more complex than they may seem
Bringing Pompeii back to life
Recent conservation efforts have led to new discoveries of stunning interiors and wall paintings that also tell us more about everyday life in the city