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Impressionism: Capturing Life
The show centres on figurative paintings by some of the artists that exhibited at the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874,…
The art market is off to a cautious start in 2016
Were this week’s sales a true reflection of the market, minus the smoke and mirrors of third-party guarantees?
Situation terminal: can an artist improve Manchester Airport?
Rakewell ponders why an airport would install an artist in residence
The eccentric and enduring visions of Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron’s photographs are some of the most hauntingly original of the 19th century.
Samuel Rush Meyrick: the man behind the medieval revival
‘For students of arms and armour, Meyrick was the first and greatest of those giants on whose shoulders we stand.’
‘If we stay away from Tunisia, we are cowards’
The Bardo Museum in Carthage still bears the scars of last year’s terrorist attack. The best way to support it is to visit
Acquisitions of the Month: January 2016
Several museums have plugged gaps in their collections this month, while others have received some extraordinarily generous gifts
Martin Puryear
Multiple Dimensions One of the most renowned artists working today, Martin Puryear is celebrated for his elegant but playful sculpture…
TEFAF Talk: The Art of Frames at the National Gallery, London
Join Apollo’s editor Thomas Marks for a discussion about a hugely important, but frequently overlooked, part of art history
Rewriting the past: must Rhodes fall?
A statue of Cecil Rhodes will stand at Oriel College, Oxford, in place despite calls for its removal, but debates about ‘erasing history’ rumble on
Ai Weiwei closes Copenhagen show in protest at treatment of refugees
Art News Daily : 28 January
What’s in store at the National Galleries of Scotland?
Thousands of artworks are hidden away in Edinburgh’s Granton Stores. We got an exclusive tour…
The Rake’s Progress: Last Week in Gossip
Harry Styles turns to painting, the new British Museum director’s penchant for Prince, and why Arts Council initiatives sound like second-rate action films
London Diary: fine art in ‘sinful Soho’
The current show at Marian Goodman gallery is a blast, and White Cube has come up with a winner, too
Farewell, Sir Peter Bazalgette. Your successor will need a thick skin
What the Arts Council England owes its outgoing Chairman
Cuts run deep: Is Australia’s ‘coup culture’ killing its cultural heart?
In the space of five years, Australia has seen five prime ministers, with wildly different attitudes to art and culture
Readings Held Worldwide for Condemned Poet and Artist Ashraf Fayadh
Hundreds attended events in support of Ashraf Fayadh, who faces the death sentence in Saudi Arabia
Omar Kholeif on how the internet transformed art
‘I’ve always been interested in artists who stretch the formal limits of technology’
Photography as a medium seems richer than ever
It’s important that photography retains its social, human edge as we enter another turbulent year
Leading light – the stained-glass windows of Wilhelmina Geddes
A key figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts movement, the designer should also be seen in the context of European modernism
Acquisitions of the Month: December 2015
Several museums have received wonderful gifts this Christmas…
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Are there too many art fairs?
With several art fairs staged every week, are such events damaging to the more traditional art trade, or do they allow greater public engagement with art?