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Inquiry: Learning Lessons

Can museum education programmes have a more radical purpose?

27 Mar 2015

Gift-giving: Lynda Benglis at the Hepworth Wakefield

It is satisfying to see Benglis finally given proper recognition in the UK

27 Mar 2015

The Drawing Biennial is back

The fundraising exhibition and auction has emerged, somewhat paradoxically, as a highlight in the gallery’s programme

24 Mar 2015

London Diary: 22 March

Traces of the World Trade Centre in London; counterculturalism and Robert Fraser; and Hauser & Wirth’s space in Somerset

22 Mar 2015

Rubens in private

Click here for the director’s introduction The master portrays his family Even though Rubens is said to have disliked painting…

Rubenshuis, Antwerp
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Work in Focus: Surreal subjects at ‘Classicicity’

Classical and contemporary collide at Breese Little gallery

Raoul De Keyser at Inverleith House

De Keyser’s great talent is to keep oppositional ideas in the balance

19 Mar 2015

TEFAF Treasures

An early Mondrian hidden among Old Masters; Auerbach’s striking self-portrait; and a curious Collector’s Cabinet

18 Mar 2015

Richard Long: The Last Amateur

Nearly 50 years ago, Richard Long transformed a simple walk into a radical act. The artist talks to Apollo about mud and mark-making, his new prints, and why he can’t stop walking

18 Mar 2015

A K Dolven explores Norwegian landscapes in Birmingham

Peder Balke’s sublime paintings of Norway off-set the contemporary artist’s own exploratory work

17 Mar 2015

What not to miss during Asia Week New York

This may be hard to believe, but not all the best art is in Maastricht this week.

16 Mar 2015

Painting Paradise

The Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace celebrates the art of the garden this spring with a display of works from…

The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London
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Gallery: ‘Painting Paradise’ at The Queen’s Gallery

Highlights from The Queen’s Gallery’s springtime celebration of the art of the garden

16 Mar 2015

Versions of Vincent

Axel Rüger talks to Apollo about the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, an enterprising institution that combines popular appeal with groundbreaking research

11 Mar 2015

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit

From April 1932 to March 1933, the Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo stayed in the city of Detroit.…

Detroit Institute of Arts
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Gallery: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit

Rivera’s monumental murals and Kahlo’s small but powerful paintings at the DIA

9 Mar 2015

Feminine Critique: Niki de Saint Phalle at the Guggenheim Bilbao

From shooting pictures to colourful ‘Nanas’, Saint Phalle’s work tackles feminist issues head on

8 Mar 2015
TEFAF Maastricht: now coming to you in June. Photo: Loraine Bodewes, courtesy of TEFAF 2015

TEFAF 2015

It’s all eyes on Maastricht as TEFAF opens for business, bringing together the world’s leading dealers under the roof of the MECC

6 Mar 2015

Gallery: Henri de Fromantiou at the Bonnefantenmuseum

Highlights from the new (and first) exhibition dedicated to 17th-century painter Henri de Fromantiou

4 Mar 2015

The New Deal: Paul Durand-Ruel

The Parisian art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel played an instrumental role in the rise of the Impressionists

3 Mar 2015

Dryden Goodwin

Acclaimed contemporary artist Dryden Goodwin creates his first feature-length film, considering the act of looking. Charting a series of close…

The Queen's House, London
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Civic Dues: Graham W.J. Beal

The Detroit Institute of Arts has known hard times in recent years. As he prepares to retire, director Graham W.J. Beal reflects on the museum’s recent struggles and successes

2 Mar 2015

Women artists get a raw deal in historical collections. Will that ever change?

The imbalance seems historically ingrained. But surely museums could do more to explain it

2 Mar 2015

Gallery: Leon Underwood at Pallant House Gallery

Underwood was best known as a sculptor, but he also created powerful paintings and prints

27 Feb 2015