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June 2015
This June, Apollo features essays on Elizabeth Bishop’s paintings, the Battle of Waterloo, and the legacy of the Hudson River School. Thomas Struth tells Fatema Ahmed about his recent photography project in Israel and the West Bank, and Christopher Turner talks to Nicolas Cattelain about his collections of 18th-century furniture and post-war art. Plus: Robert O’Byrne on art theft, Emma Crichton-Miller on the market for School of London artists, and previews of Masterpiece London and Art Basel. Preview the issue below.
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May 2025
All change at the National Gallery | An interview with Caroline Walker | On tour with the Von Trapps
April 2025
The Frick returns to Fifth Avenue | An interview with Oliver Beer | How the Acropolis became modern
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
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The jazzy life of Gertrude Abercrombie
The jazzy life of Gertrude AbercrombieOnce a central figure in Chicago’s mid-century art and jazz scene, this Surrealist painter was long forgotten – until now
The British Royal Family’s love of bling
The Edwardians are associated with elegance but an exhibition at the King’s Gallery in London suggests that excess was the hallmark of the age
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UK museums are hamstrung by outdated laws around restitution.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
Suzanne Treister’s tarot offers humanity a new toolbox
The artist has updated her ‘Hexen’ deck charting the rise of the military-industrial complex for an age of climate crisis and disinformation