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Andrew Ciechanowiecki: 1924–2015

The art world has lost one of the most respected scholar-art dealers of the 20th century

15 Dec 2015

Apollo Awards Ceremony

The winners of the Apollo Awards 2015 were announced last night at a ceremony at RSA House in London, attended by major figures from the art world

24 Nov 2015

Apollo Awards 2015: Museum Opening of the Year Shortlist

Five of the most important new museum or renovation projects completed in the last 12 months

J.P. Morgan: The Man Who Bought the World

As the Wadsworth Atheneum reopens, Rachel Cohen considers the legacy of one of its greatest benefactors

5 Sep 2015

Antique ivory: an opportunity for progress on US imports?

Banning the import of antiques will not help the otherwise commendable effort to save the elephants

25 Aug 2015
Cold weather forces precautionary measures at Pinacoteca di Brera

Italy’s ‘super directors’ – the winners and losers

20 new museum directors have been appointed as part of Dario Franceschini’s overhaul of Italy’s cultural sector

19 Aug 2015

Where is performance’s place in museum collections?

Museums are waking up to its potential, and its challenges

18 Jun 2015

How to unlock the Victoria and Albert Museum

There are some very strange objects on show at ‘All of This Belongs to You’. Does the ambitious exhibition succeed in opening up the collection?

15 Apr 2015

Forum: Should the Kunstmuseum Bern have accepted the Gurlitt bequest?

Matthias Frehner and David Lewis discuss the problematic bequest

30 Mar 2015

Muse Reviews: 22 March

George Vasey recommends Raoul de Keyser’s work in Edinburgh; Vanessa Remington introduces the art of the garden at the Queen’s Gallery; and ‘Classicicity’ explores ancient and modern art in tandem

22 Mar 2015

The Corning Museum of Glass unveils new contemporary galleries

The Corning’s new wing dedicated to new developments in glass art and design opens this week

20 Mar 2015

Market Preview: March 2015

Susan Moore previews New York sales in the March issue of Apollo

2 Mar 2015

Editor’s Letter: The year in review

The Apollo Awards celebrate the year’s outstanding achievements in the art world

10 Dec 2014

Personality of the Year: Nicholas Penny

Nicholas Penny, director of the National Gallery, London, is Apollo’s Personality of the Year

A. Jerrold Perenchio’s $500 million gift to LACMA

Perenchio hopes his extraordinary gift will encourage other donors to support LACMA’s expansion

13 Nov 2014
Timothy Spall as J.M.W. Turner in Mike Leigh's biopic of the artist, 'Mr. Turner' (2014), Courtesy Entertainment One

Editor’s Letter: Turner mania

As the Art Fund appeals to save Wedgwood, will anything be done to secure one of Turner’s major works for a national collection when it goes up for sale at Sotheby’s?

25 Sep 2014

The Week’s Muse: 6 September

Ed Vaizey at the Art Business Conference, hard times for the UK’s regional museums, the potential impact of Scottish independence on its museums, and what you should visit this autumn

6 Sep 2014

Milking It: Delaware Art Museum will sell two more works of art

Winslow Homer’s ‘Milking Time’ and Alexander Calder’s ‘The Black Crescent’ are next up

11 Aug 2014

Buying for Boijmans: the story behind a recent museum acquisition

Sjarel Ex explains how the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen acquired a Hammershøi at TEFAF

4 Apr 2014

Editor’s Letter: Two Jewel Boxes

Following MoMA’s expansion plans, is it time to ask whether large museums should look beyond themselves?

27 Feb 2014

Apollo Advent Calendar: Day 23

Theo Wormland’s collection of Surrealist art has been on loan to the Pinakothek der Moderne for 30 years. In 2013 it was bequeathed to the museum

23 Dec 2013
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Apollo Award Winners 2013

Apollo is delighted to announce the winners of the Apollo Awards 2013

27 Nov 2013
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Apollo Awards: Acquisition of the Year

The Apollo Awards shortlist of the most noteworthy acquisitions this year

25 Nov 2013

Forum: Deaccession Debates

Should we have a relaxed attitude to deaccession? James Bradburne and David Ekserdjian debate the topic in Apollo’s September issue

8 Sep 2013