Past Issue
April 2023
In this issue
The alluring art of Antonio Canova
Universal pictures – Hilma af Klint’s cosmic vision
Is Vermeer worth queuing for?
Lausanne’s lively new arts district
Plus: making sense of the Tower of Babel, the rise and rise of Surrealist art at auction, James Joyce’s favourite Swiss tipple, and everything there is to know about Titian
Past issues
March 2025
How to give back looted objects | An interview with Alex Da Corte | Versailles enters the 21st century
February 2025
Can American art escape the culture wars? | Poking fun at 18th-century Paris | Donald Duck’s fowl play
January 2025
The art of divination | an interview with Jake Grewal | will the market recover in 2025?
December 2024
Rachel Ruysch | What museums think about climate protests | Apollo Awards 2024
More from Apollo
The rise of performance art in Renaissance Italy
The rise of performance art in Renaissance ItalyAn accomplished musician as well as a painter, Lorenzo Costa was perfectly placed to capture the changing fashions and shifting social etiquette of his day
Celia Paul faces the ghosts of her past
In recent portraits and seascapes the painter ponders time and memory, and the legacy of Lucian Freud and co.
Gilty pleasures – Versailles in the 21st century
With new leadership and restored rooms that haven’t looked this good since the Ancien Régime, the palace is entering a new golden era
How to give back looted objects
UK museums are hamstrung by outdated laws around restitution. It’s time for politicians to end the impasse and give them greater autonomy over their collections