TEFAF Talk: The Art of Frames at the National Gallery, London
Join Apollo’s editor Thomas Marks for a discussion about a hugely important, but frequently overlooked, part of art history
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velázquez’, by Laura Cumming
Art and Migration in Modern Britain: Apollo event at the London Art Fair
Join us this Friday for a one-off event
Omar Kholeif on how the internet transformed art
‘I’ve always been interested in artists who stretch the formal limits of technology’
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘Julia Margaret Cameron: Photographs to electrify you with delight and startle the world’, published to accompany the current exhibition at the V&A
York Floods: an update from the Jorvik Viking Centre
Museums and heritage sites across the UK are fighting to minimise flood damage this winter. But what happens after disaster strikes?
Acquisitions of the Month: December 2015
Several museums have received wonderful gifts this Christmas…
Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015)
Remembering the great pioneer of American abstraction, who has died at the age of 92
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘Space, Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture, 1945–1975’, by Elain Harwood
Acquisitions of the Month: November 2015
The most interesting and important recent additions to museum collections
Book Competition
Your chance to win Apollo’s Book of the Year – ‘Carrying off the Palaces: John Ruskin’s Lost Daguerreotypes’, by Ken Jacobson and Jenny Jacobson
‘Our Europe is an inclusive Europe’: the Victoria and Albert Museum’s new European Galleries
Lesley Miller, the lead curator of the museum’s new ‘Europe 1600–1815 Galleries’ explains the hard decisions involved in making displays
Are artists justified in boycotting Israel?
Calls for cultural and academic boycotts of Israel continue to hit the headlines. Should we regard such politically charged stances as divisive or necessary for change?
Autumn Statement brings relief but also unanswered questions for the arts
Arts sector funding fared surprisingly well in the latest spending review, but questions remain, not least over the fate of municipal museums
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘Gothic for the Steam Age: An Illustrated Biography of George Gilbert Scott’, by Gavin Stamp
Announcing the Asian Art In London Award Winners
The awards were presented yesterday evening at a Gala Party marking the start of the citywide art event
Acquisitions of the Month: October 2015
William Kentridge’s gift to the George Eastman Museum; rare Picasso heads to Scotland; NGA Washington expands its photography holdings
How Flashback Turin is winning contemporary collectors round to historic art
It’s motto? ‘All art is contemporary.’
Asian Art in London 2015: Art Award Shortlist
Announcing the shortlist for the Asian Art in London Art Award 2015
Scholarly flair at the Städel Museum
The Frankfurt museum ends its bicentenary year with an impressive pairing of works from its permanent collections with ‘eminent guests’ from around the world
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘Princeton’s Great Persian Book of Kings: The Peck Shahnama’, by Marianna Shreve Simpson and Louise Marlow
Is the German Cultural Property Protection Act to be welcomed?
Does draft cultural property legislation in Germany threaten to damage German cultural life, or is it necessary for the safeguarding of the country’s heritage?