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Open Book
The recent two-day symposium, ‘Art, Poetry and the Making of the Book’, brought together three veterans of British book-art with some new tricks
Do Come In
‘Immersive’ artwork such as Elmgreen & Dragset’s ‘Tomorrow’ at the V&A is touted as the 21st century’s spin on a gesamtkunstwerk, but has the hyperreal already become familiar?
Broken Engagement
Installation art is assumed to be inherently more engaging than other genres – so why are visitors so often left to watch from the wings?
Wellcome Questions
‘Foreign Bodies, Common Ground’ – the Wellcome Collection’s current exhibition – is refreshingly self-reflexive
Rehomed
Royal Museums Greenwich’s acquisition of George Stubbs’ Kangaroo and Dingo paintings is the most significant in their history. What’s next for the works?
Cross Hatchings
Wherever tradition clashes with the public interest, there lies the satirist’s pen. Little wonder that cartoonists periodically target museums
Printing Press
3D printing is frequently in the news, and increasingly on public display. Have artists woken up to its potential?
Under Scrutiny
Not every exhibition has to be a blockbuster: ‘The Young Dürer: Drawing the Figure’ is a scholarly show, and all the better for it
The Modern Way
‘California Design 1930–1965: Living in a Modern Way’ has spent two years skirting the edges of the Pacific Ocean, and just landed in Brisbane
Spoiled
Is the huge cache of art discovered recently in Cornelius Gurlitt’s Munich flat in safe hands?
Chicago in London
Judy Chicago is one of the pioneers of feminist art. In London last month, she found time to answer a few questions about her work
Scott’s Irish
Why the retrospectives to Eileen Gray (IMMA, Dublin) and William Scott (Ulster Museum, Belfast) shouldn’t dwell on their Irish roots
Eye on the Prize
The Turner Prize invites interaction from its audience in Derry. Of the four nominees, it’s Laure Prouvost who really gets you thinking
Better Out Than In?
What is the relationship between art and the market? And is an artist such as Banksy really better out than in?
A Matter of Taste
The Ecole des Beaux-arts – now controversially sponsored by Ralph Lauren – is at the centre of debates about the relationship between art and luxury in France
Pastures New
Shoreditch’s EB&Flow gallery has changed its name to BERLONI and relocated to Fitzrovia, where the grass is literally greener…
Lisbon Looks East
The Museu do Oriente in Lisbon looks at Portugal’s recent links with the East as well as its longer history in the region
Apollo’s Agenda
Apollo is pleased to announce the launch of Agenda – an online guide to current events and exhibitions across the globe
Ghost House
Rachel Whiteread’s ‘House’ was unveiled 20 years ago today. It stood for barely three months, but its influence endures
A Tribute to Anthony Caro
Sir Anthony Caro was among the giants of modernism. We can be certain that his influence will be felt for decades to come
Anthony Caro
Apollo is deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Sir Anthony Caro, the influential British sculptor who died yesterday at the age of 89
Moving the Museum
The Whitney Museum of American Art is moving downtown. Apollo was granted a sneak peek at the new Renzo Piano-designed home for American art