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The Castilian ruin that is now a haven for contemporary art
Collectors Lorena Pérez-Jácome and Javier Lumbreras are bringing new life to a 16th-century Jesuit school
Picnicking with the Impressionists
Comparing the spreads on offer in scenes by Manet and Monet suggests that eating outdoors offered the artists a very particular kind of freedom
The British collectors who developed a decided taste for Degas
William Burrell came to own 23 paintings by the artist, but an exhibition in Glasgow shows that his contemporaries were just as appreciative
Turin’s new photo festival takes a wide-angled view of the world
An ambitious new event features several photographers seeing colonial histories through a contemporary lens
Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women
The Smithsonian celebrates a group of 20th-century women whose innovative work helped bring textile art out of the shadows
‘My art’s got to be a carnival, I’m there with you’ – an interview with Alvaro Barrington
Ahead of his Tate Britain commission, the artist tells Apollo about being inspired by Tupac and Cy Twombly and wanting to involve communities in everything he makes
The revolutionary textiles of Britta Marakatt-Labba
The influential Sami artist talks to Apollo about how she has always woven politics and protest into her work
The artists who were obsessed with West Sussex
Blake, Constable and Ivon Hitchens all feature in Alexandra Harris’s account of a place she knows well, but it’s the more obscure figures who really shine
In the studio with… Joan Semmel
The New York native keeps up with current affairs, listens to Radio Garden and works every day – that is, when she’s not entertaining Leonardo DiCaprio
Make a date with the Stone of Destiny at the new Perth Museum
The ancient Scottish relic makes for a captivating moment of theatre, but the rest of the displays are just as artfully done
Splendor and Misery: New Objectivity in Germany
After the First World War, German artists took an unflinching look at the realities of everyday life in the Weimar Republic
Four things to see: Toys and games
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the invention of the Rubik’s Cube, we look at four toys and games spanning centuries and continents that offer different perspectives on how to have fun
‘I am every conservator’s nightmare – that person who wants to touch the art’
Seeing art is often a purely visual experience, but we shouldn’t be afraid of exploring our other senses in the gallery
What is the point of the people in architectural drawings?
An exhibition at the Soane Museum shows that technical drawings of buildings are often more complex than they may seem
Transforming the National Gallery, one painting at a time
The museum’s head of framing, Peter Schade, is quietly changing how we see some of the world’s most famous pictures
A tale of two British artists turns out to be a real whodunit
Why did Dorothy Hepworth allow her lover Patricia Preece to take the credit for her paintings? An intriguing exhibition at Charleston provides some clues
There’s more to Japan’s Arts and Crafts movement than meets the eye
In its telling of the story of the Mingei movement, the William Morris Gallery takes a refreshingly international approach
Acquisitions of the Month: April 2024
A luscious portrait by Johann Richard Seel and a magnificent bronze statue by Giambologna are among the most important works to have entered public collections last month
Imagine Me and You: Dutch and Flemish Encounters with the Islamic World, 1450–1750
Three hundred years of cultural exchange are the focus of this show at Harvard Art Museums
What Frank Stella saw – and what he made us see
The painter who began as a master of modernist abstraction kept reinventing himself right until the end
Is the Pope an art fan?
The Pontiff touched down in Venice this week, but God knows what he thought of the art on display at the Biennale’s Vatican pavilion
Will the May auctions have a spring in their step?
If sales so far this year are anything to go by, the high-profile auctions taking place this month may not bring much excitement
Court in the middle – the arts in France under Charles VII
In the first half of the 15th century, artists drew on the Northern and Italian Renaissances to create a distinctly French cultural flowering
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‘This is to art what constitutional monarchy is to kingship’ – Jonathan Yeo’s portrait of Charles III, reviewed
The painting perfectly captures the essence of royalty today – it’s undeniably attention-grabbing, but hollow to the core