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Review: Mark Neville’s Helmand Work at the IWM London
Mark Neville’s films and photographs from Afghanistan reveal the strange banality of war
Gallery: ‘Landscape, abstracted’ at the MFA Boston
For centuries, painters have experimented with the landscape. Where will today’s artists venture next?
Review: ‘Marsden Hartley: The German Paintings 1913–15’ at LACMA
After three formative years in Berlin, Hartley returned to the US at the forefront of the avant-garde
Gallery: ‘East of the Wallace Line’ at Yale University Art Gallery
Art from Indonesia and New Guinea goes on show at the Yale University Art Gallery
Stanley Spencer’s Masterpiece: The Sandham Memorial Chapel
Love him or hate him, Stanley Spencer’s First World War paintings at Burghclere will win you over
A good advert for American art? Art Everywhere in the US
Can art add sparkle to the USA’s advertising billboards?
The Hague’s Hidden Treasures: Prince William V’s Picture Gallery
Not all of the Mauritshuis’s treasures are actually in the Mauritshuis
The Week’s Muse: 2 August
40 Under 40; a gallery for Goldsmiths, art in Edinburgh; and a closer look at museum displays
The Apollo Podcast July/August: The Imperial War Museum Reopens
Thomas Marks, Diane Lees and David Boyd Haycock discuss the role of art in commemorating the First World War
Acquisitions of the Month: July
Deaccessioning is in the news, but what of the museums that have been acquiring new work?
Edinburgh Art Festival: what not to miss
Heading to Edinburgh? Here are six fine art exhibitions to visit while you’re out there…
The Rodin Gift to the V&A: a centenary celebration
In 1914 Auguste Rodin gifted 18 sculptures to the V&A, in tribute to the British soldiers fighting alongside his own countrymen in the First World War
Apollo 40 Under 40: The Artists
Try making a list of 10 outstanding young artists, all based in Europe, and whose work already announces their original talent but also bears the promise of longevity. Where would you start?
Marsden Hartley
The German Paintings The American modernist Marsden Hartley spent three formative years in Berlin from 1913–15. This exhibition features…
Gallery: ‘Disobedient Objects’ at the V&A
What to expect from a museum show dedicated to the ingenious objects produced by protest groups
Magnus Renfrew to leave Art Basel for Bonhams Asia
Renfrew, who set up Art HK (now Art Basel in Hong Kong) in 2008, will start at Bonhams this September as Deputy Chairman, Asia
Out of time: ‘Digital Revolution’ at the Barbican
How is the rapidly changing world of digital technology affecting culture?
Irish Cabinet reshuffle puts two newcomers in charge of the arts
Can Heather Humphreys, the new Minister for Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, effectively steer her rather neglected department?
Gallery: ‘Discovering Tutankhamun’ at the Ashmolean Museum
Tutankhamun’s 20th-century fame. Highlights from the Ashmolean Museum’s summer exhibition.
Review: Mel Bochner ‘Strong Language’ at the Jewish Museum
Bochner’s piled-up word paintings at the Jewish Museum are strangely anxiety-provoking
The Week’s Muse: 19 July
Should photography be allowed in museums? Are the decorative arts in decline? Would you download a work of art?
Lasting Legacies: the reopening of the IWM London
With a new atrium designed by Norman Foster, IWM London reopens this month following major refurbishment
Review: ‘Giulio Paolini: To Be or Not to Be’ at the Whitechapel Gallery
Paolini’s work isn’t well known in the UK, but it remains as relevant as ever
The Week’s Muse: 9 August
A look back over some of the recent news and comment from Apollo’s Muse Room