The very smart cars of Ettore Bugatti
With its sensuous design and sleek fittings, the Bugatti 57C Vanvooren – like many of the manufacturer’s models – has become a style icon
Trump issues executive order to remove ‘improper ideology’ from Smithsonian
Plus: Looting at Sudan’s National Museum | South Korean heritage sites threatened by country’s worst wildfires | Christophe Cherix appointed next director of MoMA | and more
Picasso, Miró, Léger and the Many Voices of Modernism
An exhibition in Denmark presents lesser-known modernists alongside the usual 20th-century titans
Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots
The largest survey of the Arte Povera artist in the UK encourages us to think differently about the boundary between art and nature
Discovering Dürer
Though most celebrated for his woodcut prints, Albrecht Dürer was also a master engraver, as this free exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum makes clear
Ruth Asawa: Retrospective
A major survey of Asawa’s work in San Francisco covers six-decades and reminds us that there was more to her work than wire sculptures
Four things to see: Royal patronage
The 400th anniversary of Charles I’s ascent to the throne is a reminder that rulers, from the Medicis to the Mughal emperors, have long patronised artists
Acquisitions of the month: February 2025
Eastern icons for the Louvre and French Old Masters for the Art Institute of Chicago are among the most important works to have entered public collections recently
Tracey Emin’s passion for painting
In a powerful painting acquired by the Yale Center for British Art, the artist grapples with universal themes of love and loss, explains the museum’s director, Martina Droth
British Library’s £1.1bn extension goes ahead, backed by Japanese developer
The British Library can now go ahead with a huge £1.1bn expansion after the Japanese real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan…
J.M.W. Turner: Romance and Reality
In this show marking 250 years since the artist’s birth, the Yale Center for British Art reflects on how the painter balanced realism with expressiveness
Pietro Maria Bardi Building, MASP
One of the most important art museums in South America unveils its brand new building this week, which doubles its exhibition space
José María Velasco: A View of Mexico
The 19th-century painter’s landscapes captured the beauty of the Valley of Mexico as well as the growth of industrial production
Jack Whitten: The Messenger
The late American artist’s vast abstract canvases, acrylic mosaics and sculptures inspired by Black history go on display at MoMA
Four things to see: Television
This week marks 100 years since John Logie Baird demonstrated the first television; we explore four works that make the most out of this now-ubiquitous medium
How can tech help win the battle against art crime? – a talk at TEFAF Maastricht
Apollo editor Edward Behrens chairs a panel discussion at TEFAF Maastricht on how technology can be used in the fight against art fraud
Tate cuts 40 roles and runs budget deficit
Plus: chair of National Endowment for the Humanities steps down after presidential pressure and far-right Greek MP arrested after allegedly vandalising art in National Gallery
Tous Léger!
Works by Fernand Léger and the artists he influenced form the basis of a riotously colourful show in Luxembourg
Jenny Saville: Gaze
The Albertina puts the British artist’s debt to Old Masters and Christian iconography in the spotlight
Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art
The American painter’s wit is on display in this retrospective in San Francisco, which includes several copies of works by his favourite artists
Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo
In private, the French writer was a skilled draughtsman of Gothic castles and fantastical creatures
Four things to see: Circles
On Pi Day, the annual celebration of the ever-fascinating mathematical constant, we round up four artworks that make the most out of the humble circle
Architect Ricardo Scofidio dies at the age of 89
Plus: Bernd Ebert appointed director of the Dresden State Paintings Collections and long-lost Brueghel found in Dutch museum
100 Ideas of Happiness: Art Treasures from Korea
Earthenware, gold jewellery, stone carvings and other gems from Korea reign supreme at the Royal Palace in Dresden
When the Nazis pilloried modern art