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Why not destroy this fake? A defence of the Chagall Committee

The Chagall Committee are actually doing their work

6 Mar 2014

Cork Street Galleries Under Threat: March Apollo

Niru Ratnam asks what the Cork Street development plans mean for London’s historic art trade

5 Mar 2014

Not just for the posh: rebranding History of Art

I’ve never quite understood why History of Art should have such a bad reputation

4 Mar 2014

AGNES Goes Live at the Serpentine

AGNES is only a temporary commission at the Serpentine, and has developed a morbid teenage angst about what happens next

4 Mar 2014

Forum: Is it ever justifiable to burn a fake?

Apollo’s March Forum asks what should be done with ‘fake’ paintings

4 Mar 2014

Is it a movement? Kinetic art at Christie’s

Christie’s is branching out into kinetic art – but what exactly is meant by the term?

3 Mar 2014

Art14: Balancing Acts

Putting together a new fair is a challenge – it needs to have a distinctive direction to it

1 Mar 2014

The Week’s Muse: 1 March

Apollo’s March issue is now on sale, and museums and markets have been key topics for discussion in the Muse Room this week

1 Mar 2014

Flip Charts: Flipping art in contemporary auctions

Trophy works by hot young artists are frequently sold repeatedly in a short space of time. What does it mean for the art market?

24 Feb 2014

The Week’s Muse: 22 February

Our weekly round-up from the Muse Room: art in the rubbish bin; a president’s apology; and the great ideas behind art and design

22 Feb 2014

Broken Logic: vandalism, Ai Weiwei and Caminero

Now here’s a thorny discussion around art, value and vandalism…

21 Feb 2014

Clooney vs. Boris: The Great Repatriation Debate

George Clooney and Boris Johnson spar over the repatriation of the Parthenon marbles

19 Feb 2014

Germany proposes a new law to enable the return of looted art

If passed, the law would remove a significant barrier for families trying to recover Nazi-looted items

16 Feb 2014

Art in the Airport: Terminal 2 Mumbai

Cultural impresario Rajeev Sethi is creating probably the world’s most art-filled and interesting airport, Terminal 2 at Mumbai

15 Feb 2014

The Week’s Muse: 15 February

This week brought the sad news of the deaths of Nancy Holt and Patrick Scott

15 Feb 2014

Packing Up: MoMA’s plans for the Folk Museum’s façade

Looking at the two museums side by side – which one do you think looks more radical?

14 Feb 2014

A Tribute to Patrick Scott

Patrick Scott has died aged 93, on the eve of his retrospective exhibition at IMMA

14 Feb 2014

Augmented Reality Meets the Art World

It was only a matter of time before the art world went virtual…

13 Feb 2014

Birthday Gifts: The National Gallery of Ireland

The NGI is 150 years old. Its holdings have been enriched by several benefactors. If only the state were as generous

9 Feb 2014

The Week’s Muse: 8 February

A selection of this week’s musings: fakes, the Fourth Plinth and some famous faces

8 Feb 2014

Royal Connections

The Queen’s Gallery’s two current shows throw the question of private collecting and its relationship to artistic patronage into sharp relief

8 Feb 2014

Thumbs Down: The Fourth Plinth

And thus it came to pass. ‘Really Good’ will take up its position in 2016…10ft tall and hollow in every sense

7 Feb 2014

Disputed Miró lots withdrawn from Christie’s sale

Christie’s withdrew 85 works by Joan Miró from its London auctions this week, in light of ongoing legal disputes in Portugal

5 Feb 2014

Spaced Out: why the universe outshines art

I’m genuinely not sure how much artists can bring to the table when it comes to the subject of space

5 Feb 2014