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Whose imperial majesty? – ‘South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain’ at the MK Gallery, reviewed
When it comes to miniatures, size doesn’t matter, but a show of historic and contemporary works should spark a bigger colonial conversation
The doctor who was devoted to Van Gogh
The painter’s final months in the care of Dr Paul-Ferdinand Gachet, a physician as interested in art as he was in medicine, were an extraordinarily productive period
The finest hours of Catherine of Cleves
Diane Wolfthal discusses the dizzying visions of heaven and hell to be found in a medieval prayer book at the Morgan Library
The Olympic Games, a city built on sand, and a painful divorce – the year ahead in architecture
With Paris preparing to play host, Neom remaining elusive and London landmarks undergoing major changes, 2024 will be nothing if not interesting
Rocks of all ages: a guide to collecting marble, reviewed
Jan Christian Sepp’s guide to the visual and geological properties of marble will whet the appetite of the modern readers too
All at sea – the anxious mariners of Marsden Hartley
A briny, brawny late work by Maine’s favourite modernist finds strength in stoic silence
A collector with a nose for fine wine and fine art
Henning Hoesch is a winemaker with a habit of making distinctions that extends to his collection of Old Master drawings
The museum openings not to miss in 2024
Notre Dame is to reopen, the Frick Collection is returning to Fifth Avenue and Scotland celebrates a pair of new or improved institutions
The birth of Impressionism and the centenary of Surrealism – major art anniversaries in 2024
The marking of two seminal movements and a year-long celebration of Caspar David Friedrich combine scholarly heft with popular appeal
What’s in store for the art market in 2024?
After a period of mediocre post-pandemic growth, what will the next year bring? Apollo’s columnist peers through the mists to make some predictions
Building Indian modernism in Ahmedabad
The Sarabhai family were great patrons of modernist architecture in the city – and Gira Sarabhai’s contribution in particular deserves to be better known
At the Kennel Club: the world’s largest collection of doggy art
The Mayfair institution contains scores of paintings of dogs who had jobs and some rather more pampered pets
The magnificent art of Marisol
The Pop sculptor shot to fame in the 1960s, but her determination not to be pigeonholed confounded many critics
The changing face of beauty through the ages
The Wellcome Collection’s sprawling show has a lot in common with a busy department store and proves that the beauty industry can be an exhausting business
The repeat performances of Robert Ryman
The artist painted countless variations of a white square, but repetitive strain was never really an issue
Cosmetic surgery – a Stuart beauty is restored to her natural state
The retouching of Diana Cecil’s portrait has drawn comparisons with the enhancements of Kylie Jenner – but it says more about changing beauty standards
Shane MacGowan and the most famous shipwreck in art
The Pogues frontman and the Romantic painter are forever linked by a classic album cover – and much more besides
Pesellino: A Renaissance Master Revealed
The National Gallery in London presents the first major exhibition to be dedicated to the often-overlooked artist
Have single-owner sales had their day?
Mediocre results for the November auctions in New York suggest that the auction-houses have put too many eggs in the same kind of basket
The Venetian painters who opened up a world of new possibilities
The lessons learned by the city’s painters in the 1500s brought about radical new forms of expression
Stage presence – the theatrical paintings of John Lavery
The artist could be a touch wooden at times, but a survey in Dublin shows that his best work is full of theatrical flair
The rise of the Renaissance woman
The flurry of exhibitions focusing on women artists is very welcome – as long as they avoid reinforcing tired old narratives
The best wines of 2023
Apollo’s wine columnist tasted many excellent wines this year, but half a dozen were outstanding
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The V&A is a much better home for this medieval sculpture than the Met
A 12th-century walrus ivory will head to the Met unless a UK institution can find £2m by February – but the sculpture really should stay where it is