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June 2015
This June, Apollo features essays on Elizabeth Bishop’s paintings, the Battle of Waterloo, and the legacy of the Hudson River School. Thomas Struth tells Fatema Ahmed about his recent photography project in Israel and the West Bank, and Christopher Turner talks to Nicolas Cattelain about his collections of 18th-century furniture and post-war art. Plus: Robert O’Byrne on art theft, Emma Crichton-Miller on the market for School of London artists, and previews of Masterpiece London and Art Basel. Preview the issue below.
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March 2025
How to give back looted objects | An interview with Alex Da Corte | Versailles enters the 21st century
February 2025
Can American art escape the culture wars? | Poking fun at 18th-century Paris | Donald Duck’s fowl play
January 2025
The art of divination | an interview with Jake Grewal | will the market recover in 2025?
December 2024
Rachel Ruysch | What museums think about climate protests | Apollo Awards 2024
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Celia Paul faces the ghosts of her past
In recent portraits and seascapes the painter ponders time and memory, and the legacy of Lucian Freud and co.
The rise of performance art in Renaissance Italy
The rise of performance art in Renaissance ItalyAn accomplished musician as well as a painter, Lorenzo Costa was perfectly placed to capture the changing fashions and shifting social etiquette of his day
Gilty pleasures – Versailles in the 21st century
With new leadership and restored rooms that haven’t looked this good since the Ancien Régime, the palace is entering a new golden era
How to give back looted objects
UK museums are hamstrung by outdated laws around restitution. It’s time for politicians to end the impasse and give them greater autonomy over their collections