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France chases the Olympic dream
As the Olympic Games arrive in Paris, two exhibitions shine a light on overlooked aspects of competitive sport
The feuding artists who shaped art after the Russian Revolution
The story of Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir Tatlin’s competing artistic outlooks is told with verve in Sjeng Scheijen’s new book
New British Museum director seems to support loaning Parthenon marbles to Greece
Plus: UK government reintroduces Holocaust Memorial Bill; and video artist Bill Viola has died at the age of 73
Bacchus sets the pulse racing in Florence
A tourist has been caught in the throes of passion with a statue of the god of wine, but perhaps she was merely giving into the effects of Stendhal syndrome
How Marguerite Duras reinvented cinema
Though she remains best known as a writer, the French avant-gardist was a formidable force behind the camera, as a season at the ICA in London demonstrates
The light relief of Anthony McCall
When viewed in the right environment, the artist’s sculptures in light and experimental films illuminate new ways to think about objects in space
How to paint a revolution in miniature
The British-Iranian artist Laila Tara H’s refined images are thoughtfully framed to express her frustration with a patriarchal society – but never at the expense of playfulness
In the studio with… Joy Labinjo
The artist observes a long working day in her studio in Harringay, but enjoys listening to bashment, riding her Peloton and thumbing through books by Kerry James Marshall
Where are all the women Impressionists?
The work of Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot and their female contemporaries is now in great demand, but very short supply
‘It’s about what’s in your heart and soul. Technology’s just some tool’ – an interview with Bill Viola (1951–2024)
The pioneering video artist has died at the age of 73. In this interview from our March 2014 issue, he talked to Apollo about how his work grapples with some of life’s biggest questions
Let the games begin – Gladiator II is on the way
A three-minute-long trailer for Ridley Scott’s sequel to Gladiator drops tantalising clues about what kind of spectacle to expect in November
Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body
To coincide with the Paris Olympics, the Fitzwilliam looks at the cultural ramifications of when the city last hosted the event
From Bruges to the beach, it’s a big summer for sculpture in Belgium
Between the Bruges and Beaufort Triennials, contemporary art enthusiasts are spoiled for choice – and may see some unexpected sights
Live the high life at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair
Life’s a beach on Long Island, which this summer hosts a wealth of modern and contemporary work
The last bohemians living in New York
The ‘Loft Law’ of 1982 protected artists living in industrial zones from rising rents and eviction. Joshua Charow’s photographs record the members of an endangered tribe
The puckish figures of Franciszka Themerson
The Polish-born artist’s paintings and drawings may have an air of the doodle, but her politically radical work is thrillingly inventive
On the road with Ed Ruscha
The artist laureate of Los Angeles also draws on the everyday junk of Southern California to embellish the myth of a city nestled between the ocean and the desert
Indigenous Himalayan art is reaching new heights
Though its market is comparatively young, demand for the traditional arts of the Himalayas is steadily climbing
The dealers who are turning art fairs into more domestic affairs
Jeffrey Deitch’s pleasingly homely booth at Art Basel this year reflects the tastes of a new generation of buyers – but is the loss of connoisseurship a price worth paying?
The British artists who took a restless approach to still life
Still-life painting in Britain really took off in the 20th century when artists adopted a more experimental approach
Chardin’s strawberries are ripe for reappraisal this summer
The artist’s ability to stop time is on full display in a painting that was recently acquired by the Louvre and is now touring France
The weird reflections of Jean Cocteau
An exhibition in Venice underscores the artist’s restless imagination and shapeshifting tendencies
When fashion resists interpretation
Peter Hujar and Paul Thek offer a lesson in the art of appreciation at Loewe’s menswear show in Paris
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Lust for life – the art of Beryl Cook and Tom of Finland
Pleasure is a point of principle at Studio Voltaire’s exhibition of works by the two artists