Previews
First Look: ‘Portraiture Now’ at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington
How is identity staged, constructed and explored in contemporary portraiture?
First Look: ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ at the Cantor Arts Center
A new exhibition at Stanford University looks at the changing face of the devil in art
First Look: ‘East of the Wallace Line’ at the Yale University Art Museum
A new exhibition of Indo-Pacific art traces the visual and cultural links between eastern Indonesia and western New Guinea
First Look: ‘Disobedient Objects’ at the V&A
From graffiti writers to puppets, the V&A looks the ingenious objects used as tools for social change
First Look: ‘Discovering Tutankhamun’ at the Ashmolean Museum
The Ashmolean Museum will offer a new perspective on a famous archaeological find this summer
First Look: ‘Lichtbilder’ at the Städel Museum
The Städel Museum was the first museum to exhibit photographs. This year, it revisits its archive
First Look: From Rococo to Revolution at the Getty Center
French 18th-century drawings from private Los Angeles collections go on display at the Getty
First Look: Barbara Hepworth at Abbot Hall
From Wakefield, to Cornwall, to Greece, Barbara Hepworth was deeply inspired by the landscapes she chose to live and work in
First Look: Fame and Friendship at Waddesdon Manor
Eight versions of Roubiliac’s portrait bust of Alexander Pope have been brought together at Waddesdon Manor
First Look: ‘Making Colour’ at the National Gallery, London
A new exhibition at the National Gallery goes back to basics, to tell the story of the colours and pigments that have shaped art history
First Look: ‘The Pure, Simple and Natural’ at the Uffizi Gallery
The curators introduce an exhibition exploring the taste for naturalism in Italian art
First Look: ‘British And German Art After 1945’ at the Sprengel Museum Hannover
A curator’s introduction to the Sprengel Museum’s upcoming exhibition
First Look: ‘British Folk Art’ at Tate Britain
Tate Britain has looked outside the traditional art-historical canon for its latest show, celebrating folk art in the UK
First Look: ‘Style and Perfection’, Hendrick Goltzius at the Städel Museum
Martin Sonnabend introduces a new exhibition of Dutch Mannerist prints
First Look: Georges Seurat at the Kröller-Müller Museum
A new display of Georges Seurat’s paintings and drawings opens in the Netherlands this week
First Look: ‘Mondrian and Colour’ at Turner Contemporary
The exhibition is the first to consider in depth the significance of colour to Piet Mondrian’s early career
First Look: ‘Degas / Cassatt’ at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
The curator’s introduction to the latest exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
First Look: ‘Comics Unmasked’ at the British Library
They’re rebellious, experimental and internationally influential: it’s time Britain celebrated its comics
First Look: ‘To Egypt! The Travels of Max Slevogt and Paul Klee’ in Dresden
An introduction from the curators
First Look: ‘Roads of Arabia’ at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
This landmark exhibition examines the cultural impact of ancient trade routes in the Arabian Peninsula
First Look: ‘Goya and the Altamira Family’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
‘Goya and the Altamira Family’ reunites five family portraits by Goya and his collaborator Agustín Esteve
First Look: ‘Somewhat Abstract’ at Nottingham Contemporary
Alex Farquharson tells us more about the exhibition, the artists, and the unexpected origins of the show’s title
First Look: Titian at the Scottish National Gallery
The curator’s introduction to ‘Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Art’
First Look: ‘The Treasure of Naples’ at the Musée Maillol
Exceptional items from the city of Naples will go on display this week at the Musée Maillol
Most popular
- Recent
- Recent
Podcast
![Masterpiece [Re]discovery 2022. Photo: Ben Fisher Photography, courtesy of Masterpiece London](http://zephr.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/MPL2022_4263.jpg)
Suzanne Valadon’s shifting gaze