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A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography
A selection of photographs from the Getty Center’s latest exhibition
Curiosity Shots
Curiouser and curiouser… unusual items from the University of Cambridge Museums
Nur: Light in Art and Science
This major travelling exhibition looks at the significance of light in Islamic art and science. The display spans more than…
The comic genius of Joe Brainard
The artist made more than 100 drawings of the comic-strip character Nancy, and the results are profound as well as witty
Are single-owner sales losing their lustre?
Are single-owner sales losing their lustre?The collections of high-profile individuals have long fetched high prices at auction, but their appeal can’t be taken for granted
Storm King Art Center goes for growth
The vast sculpture park in upstate New York is reopening after an ambitious expansion that is planting the seeds of its future success
The effortless unease of Thomas Schütte
The sculptor’s grotesque figures and expressive faces reflect us back to ourselves in uncomfortable and witty ways
The shows to see in and around New York this month
With hundreds of exhibitions and events vying for attention in the city during Frieze and TEFAF, Apollo’s editors pick out the shows not to miss
The National Gallery’s great reveal
The plan to redesign the Sainsbury Wing for the museum’s bicentenary soon morphed into a comprehensive rehang. How well does it succeed?
The Sussex cottage where Virginia Woolf had a room of her own
At Monk’s House, a 17th-century weatherboard house that the Woolfs bought in 1919, the author found the freedom to write some of her greatest works
The softer side of Anselm Kiefer
Two exhibitions for the German painter’s 80th birthday show his great range, from maximalist masterpieces to surprisingly intimate works
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style
This show at the Met celebrates more than two centuries of Black apparel – and remembers the hardships endured by even the nattiest of dressers
All roads lead to Frieze New York
Performance art, contemporary painting and delicately embroidered textiles are among the many pleasures to be found at this year’s fair
Salzburg, a city alive with the Sound of Music
Sixty years after the film’s release, locals are still surprised by visitors re-enacting a few of their favourite things
‘Real life’s actually more interesting than fiction’ – an interview with Caroline Walker
As she prepares for her largest museum show to date, the Scottish artist talks to Apollo about her tender paintings of women at home and at work
The awesome landscapes of José María Velasco
The 19th-century painter’s views of the Valley of Mexico are at once scientific documents and odes to a landscape in flux
When art deco went to the movies
Each one highly distinctive, the London cinemas designed by George Coles in the 1930s were like Hawksmoor churches for the celluloid age
American modernism is still serving up surprises
Long overshadowed by art from the post-war period, the work of the preceding generation is attracting interest again
The colossal achievements of Zurab Tsereteli (1934–2025)
The Georgian sculptor, who thrived in the Soviet Union and made his way to the heart of the Russian establishment, leaves an outsize legacy
In the studio with… Florence Houston
When painting her gelatinous desserts, the artist is surrounded by jelly moulds, jellies and even a mummified mouse for company
Poetic justice for the Parthenon Marbles
In her book, ‘Frieze Frame’, A.E. Stallings collects the responses of poets and artists to the marbles since the early 19th century. She tells Apollo why they now deserve a new lease of cultural life
The British Royal Family’s love of bling
The Edwardians are associated with elegance but an exhibition at the King’s Gallery in London suggests that excess was the hallmark of the age
Acquisitions of the month: March 2025
A deathly still life by Maria van Oosterwijck and a huge trove of artefacts from Roman Britain are among this month’s highlights
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The Week’s Muse: 8 February
A selection of this week’s musings: fakes, the Fourth Plinth and some famous faces