Korean art scans new horizons in London
Musical displays, immersive experiences and a series of talks celebrate the country’s rich cultural heritage and appetite for innovation
Acquisitions of the month: April 2025
A view of Christ’s entombment by Maarten van Heemskerck and a Joan Mitchell triptych are among the most significant museum acquisitions of last month
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
Ari Emanuel buys Frieze from Endeavor
Plus: the video artist Dara Birnbaum has died; and the journalist Wolfram Weimer will be Germany’s next minister for culture
Huma Bhabha: Encounters – Giacometti
At the Barbican, imperious, often monumental statues by Huma Bhabha are paired with the figures of Alberto Giacometti to unsettling effect
The Angel of History
In Berlin, a delicate watercolour by Paul Klee is the focus of a display exploring what the work meant to Walter Benjamin
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
Spiegel im Spiegel
Work by Gerhard Richter and a soundscape by Arvo Pärt are accompanied by more than 700 years of German and Estonian art
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
MFA Boston returns Benin Bronzes to donor opposed to restitution
Plus: the Art Institute of Chicago has been ordered to surrender an Egon Schiele work; and Guy Ullens, a major collector of contemporary Chinese art, has died
Rosa Barba: The Ocean of One’s Pause
Covering the past 15 years of the artist’s career, this show unites film with kinetic sculpture and live performance to explore the power of light and sound
Sargent and Paris
A chance to see some 100 paintings, drawings and watercolours John Singer Sargent made during his formative years in France – including the infamous ‘Madame X’
Do Ho Suh: Walk the House
Home is where the heart is for Do Ho Suh, whose large-scale sculptures, installations, drawings and videos are on display in a major survey at Tate Modern
The curious career of Jan van Kessel
In his teeming depiction of animals going in two by two, Jan van Kessel put an inventive spin on an original by his grandfather, Jan Brueghel the Elder
Out of focus, another vision of art from 1945 to the present day
Blurry effects have served all kinds of artists very well over the years, as this show at the Musée de l’Orangerie makes clear
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
Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction
Some 150 works by such luminaries as Ed Rossbach, Yayoi Kusama and Ruth Asawa put a different spin on the history of abstract art
Remnants
Fifteen works of art depicting Apartheid-era South Africa in photography, prints and a painting go on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Edi Hila | Thea Djordjadze
Paintings by one of the great chroniclers of communist and post-Soviet Albania are displayed alongside site-specific works by the younger, Georgian artist Thea Djordjazde
The World of King James VI and I
The National Galleries of Scotland pull out all the stops in exploring the life and times of the Stuart king
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
National Endowment for the Humanities funds intended for Trump sculpture park
Plus: the global value of art sales has fallen by 12 per cent, and Pierre Terjanian will be the next director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers
Filling the rotunda of the Guggenheim in New York, this survey of the protean American artist captures his verve, bite and intellectual range
Tarō Okamoto: Reinventing Japan
One of the most distinctive Japanese artists of the 20th century gets a survey in Paris, the city that shaped his art and worldview in the 1930s
Suzanne Valadon’s shifting gaze