Current Issue
January 2025
In this issue
• The art of divination
• Will the art market recover in 2025?
• The obsessive collecting of Mario Praz
• An interview with Jake Grewal
Also: Edith Wharton’s dream house, the tempting textiles of Sheila Hicks, how the return of Asante gold has been received in Ghana, the architect who startled Georgian London; reviews of Sienese painting at the Met and high tech art at Tate Modern, the life of Augustus the Strong and a photo-novel about eccentric sisters. Plus: Hettie Judah on the problem with portraits
Are the Old Masters going up in the art world?
Past issues
December 2024
Rachel Ruysch | What museums think about climate protests | Apollo Awards 2024
November 2024
Japanese art at the MFA Boston | Christian Marclay | collecting haute couture
October 2024
Liliane Lijn | Picasso | Mughal painting | Impressionism
September 2024
Jan Švankmajer | Pompeii | Cat ladies
More from Apollo
The wild imagination of Maurice Sendak
The true gift of the author of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ was to see the world like a child and blur the line between dreams and reality
After centuries of neglect, Plautilla Nelli’s reputation is soaring again
The resurgence of interest in female Renaissance painters has reached the Florentine nun and her workshop – and it’s time to pay more attention to artists in other Tuscan convents
The Mughal emperors who forged a new artistic tradition
At its peak, the Mughal empire brought together scholars and artists of different languages and faiths to create art fit for kings
What happens when an artist wants to be anonymous?
An Austrian museum is hosting a show by an unnamed artist – but perhaps this act of secrecy will help us see the work more clearly