Past Issue
November 2020
• An interview with Denzil Forrester
• The Musée Cernuschi’s outstanding collection of Asian art
• Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the American Civil War
• A pilgrimage to the shrines of the shoguns
Plus: Artemisia in London, Michael Armitage in Munich, the two-way traffic between European and Islamic architecture, and Yotam Ottolenghi makes a feast fit for Versailles
Inside this issue
Past issues
October 2020
Cycle racing | British Museum | Tunisia
September 2020
Belle époque | Nalini Malani | Palazzo Schifanoia
July/August 2020
Eric Fischl | Andrea Palladio | John Cage
June 2020
Alfredo Jaar | Bernard Leach | Lee Miller
More from Apollo
What’s left of Thomas Becket? – ‘The Book in the Cathedral’, reviewed
Christopher de Hamel argues that a book of psalms in a Cambridge library is the only surviving relic of the murdered archbishop
The joyful art of Julio Le Parc
The Argentinian-born artist, now in his tenth decade, reflects on a life devoted to trying new things
‘The Man Who Laughs’ is a cautionary tale about grinning and bearing it
The inspiration behind Batman’s Joker and many a monster movie, Paul Leni’s ‘The Man Who Laughs’ is a masterpiece of Expressionist cinema
An alternative history of American Civil War monuments
Monuments to the American Civil War have locked in place partial versions of the past – but other stories will emerge when we know more about how and why they were erected