Book Competition
Answer a single question for the chance to win ‘Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime’s Passion’ by Robert Hales
Climb Away
Donald Judd sculptures are off limits, but here are some exhibits that people have been allowed to climb on…
Climbing Frames at the Tate
Twitter is up in arms about the parents who allowed their child to climb on a Donald Judd artwork at the Tate Modern. Where were the guards?
Popularity Contest: Boston Loves Impressionism
The votes are in: these are the 10 most popular Impressionist pieces at the MFA Boston. Pick a favourite…
Curiosity Shots
Curiouser and curiouser… unusual items from the University of Cambridge Museums
The Week’s Muse
A selection of this week’s musings. January always feels rather sleepy, but there’s a sense this week that 2014 is finally under way…
Dealer’s Choice: Sandra Hindman
Sandra Hindman, the owner of Les Enluminures, speaks to Apollo about medieval manuscripts and her own (modern) collection
Book Competition
‘A pleasure to view as well as read’, this week’s competition prize is ‘The King’s Pictures’ by Francis Haskell
Dealer’s Choice: Peter Osborne
Peter Osborne of Osborne Samuel Gallery speaks to Apollo before the opening of the London Art Fair
Book Competition
Apollo’s latest book competition offers you the chance to win ‘Turner & the Sea’ by Christine Riding and Richard Johns
Apollo Advent Calendar
Gift of the year… Leonard A. Lauder’s promised gift of 78 Cubist artworks to the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a monumental offering
Apollo Advent Calendar: Day 24
Robert Rauschenberg’s ‘Canyon’ joins five of his other combines at MoMA, while the Art Gallery of New South Wales acquires an Ed Ruscha
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
Apollo Advent Calendar: Day 22
Acquired at auction, this unusually large painting by Hopper joins a group of the artist’s works on paper already in the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art
Apollo Advent Calendar: Day 21
Paul Jacoulet is among the few Western artists to master the Japanese art of ukiyo-e. A collection of his work goes to the Musée du Quai Branly
Apollo Advent Calendar: Day 20
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens have acquired 13 pieces of furniture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Apollo Advent Calendar: Day 19
This important late work by Corot was left to the British nation by Lucian Freud, who specifically intended it for the National Gallery
Apollo Advent Calendar: Day 18
This 15m scroll illustrates scenes from US Commodore Matthew Perry’s diplomatic visit to Japan in 1854, and reveals an amusing clash of cultures
Apollo Advent Calendar: Day 17
‘I am told I got it to look better than anything I have yet done,’ said Constable of this iconic painting of Salisbury Cathedral
Book Competition
Apollo’s latest book competition offers you the chance to win ‘Michelangelo: His Epic Life’ by Martin Gayford
Apollo Advent Calendar: Day 16
Its last owner had been using it as a television stand – now, this exquisite Japanese maki-e chest has a home at the Rijksmuseum
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Forum: February Apollo
Our February Forum asks ‘Have traditional museum and exhibition catalogues had their day?’