Apollo – The International Art Magazine

Rome’s first photography museum wants to be a European heavyweight

Rome’s first photography museum wants to be a European heavyweight

Only reflect: mirrors worth selling your soul for

Only reflect: mirrors worth selling your soul for

No Venice Biennale prizes for artists from countries accused of war crimes

No Venice Biennale prizes for artists from countries accused of war crimes

Jean Painlevé, magician of Surrealism and science

Jean Painlevé, magician of Surrealism and science

Claude brings in the Monet at this month’s auctions in Paris

Claude brings in the Monet at this month’s auctions in Paris

Absolutely prefab: at home with Charles and Ray Eames

Absolutely prefab: at home with Charles and Ray Eames

Inside the crisis at the Louvre

Inside the crisis at the Louvre

The world’s most visited museum has been in the headlines in recent months, but the origins of its malaise go back a long way

Valeria Costa-Kostritsky

27 April 2026

Wanted: a permanent home for Glasgow’s perpetual motion machines

Wanted: a permanent home for Glasgow’s perpetual motion machines

27 April 2026

‘The best work is chronically online’: at the Whitney Biennial

‘The best work is chronically online’: at the Whitney Biennial

Zachary Ginsberg

27 April 2026

Shining new light on Richter

Shining new light on Richter

27 April 2026

Château La Coste keeps its eyes on the prize

Château La Coste keeps its eyes on the prize

Christina Makris

27 April 2026

Only reflect: mirrors worth selling your soul for

Only reflect: mirrors worth selling your soul for

A set of mirrors designed by Claude Lalanne sold for $33.5m this week, which has led Rakewell to reflect on the art of glass through the ages

24 April 2026

The French designers who married form and function with fun

The French designers who married form and function with fun

The market for furniture by mid-century designers is as sturdy as a Jean Prouvé table or a hippo by the Lalannes

Emma Crichton-Miller

27 April 2026

Hurvin Anderson’s high-wire acts

Hurvin Anderson’s high-wire acts

Digby Warde-Aldam

27 April 2026

Absolutely prefab: at home with Charles and Ray Eames

Absolutely prefab: at home with Charles and Ray Eames

23 April 2026

The battle for brutalism has been won. So what happens next?

The battle for brutalism has been won. So what happens next?

Charles Holland

17 April 2026

Frieze is building bridges in New York

Frieze is building bridges in New York

27 April 2026

Jasper Johns, the quiet American

Jasper Johns, the quiet American

In praise of the artist as a flag-bearer for a particular kind of inscrutable, elegant painting

Charles Darwent

27 April 2026

In the studio with...

In the studio with...

Nicola Turner

Nicola Turner

The artist’s writhing sculptures have invaded unusual spaces, from central London to the set of ‘Wuthering Heights’

Apollo

7 April 2026

In the studio with...

Elisabeth Cummings

Elisabeth Cummings

The artist has lived in Italy and Salzburg, studying under Oskar Kokoschka, but it’s in her peaceful studio in the Australian bush that she feels most at home

Apollo

20 March 2026

In the studio with...

Gelitin

Gelitin

Working together for more than 30 years, this quartet of artists’ idea of a studio is an experimental as their art

Apollo

6 March 2026

In the studio with...

Charles Avery

Charles Avery

In his east London studio, the Scottish artist blocks out the neighbourhood chaos with noise-cancelling headphones and tennis commentary

Apollo

3 October 2025

May 2026 magazine cover

Inside the crisis at the Louvre | how Marcel Duchamp invented modern art | an interview with Abbas Akhavan | Whistler shows his metal

Plus: the subtleties of Jasper Johns, fine dining in Georgian London, and what to see at TEFAF New York; and, in reviews, Raphael as a ladies’ man, dogs in art history, the 2026 Whitney Biennial, and more

News

No Venice Biennale prizes for artists from countries accused of war crimes

26 APRIL 2026

No Venice Biennale prizes for artists from countries accused of war crimes

France passes law to make restitution easier

19 APRIL 2026

France passes law to make restitution easier

10 APRIL 2026

Melissa Chiu to leave Hirshhorn to lead Guggenheim in New York

Federal judge orders temporary halt to construction of White House ballroom

4 APRIL 2026

Federal judge orders temporary halt to construction of White House ballroom

UK government to explore charging international visitors to national museums

27 MARCH 2026

UK government to explore charging international visitors to national museums

Hundreds of Venice Biennale participants call for Israel pavilion to be cancelled

20 MARCH 2026

Hundreds of Venice Biennale participants call for Israel pavilion to be cancelled

Documenting the devastating power of Mount Etna

Documenting the devastating power of Mount Etna

A 17th-century fresco by Giacinto Platania in Catania’s cathedral captures an eruption that lasted for 122 days

27 April 2026

Man paints dog: a history of canine art

Man paints dog: a history of canine art

27 April 2026

Cecily Brown puts nature through a centrifuge

Cecily Brown puts nature through a centrifuge

15 April 2026

What to see at TEFAF New York 2026

What to see at TEFAF New York 2026

27 April 2026

How to build a museum for young people

How to build a museum for young people

12 April 2026

In the art market IRL still beats URL

In the art market IRL still beats URL

Online sales were hailed as the future of the market but most buyers still prefer brick-and-mortar sales

27 April 2026

Rakewell

Only reflect: mirrors worth selling your soul for

When art takes to the stage

Raising a toast to Gentleman’s Relish

When art lovers need restraining orders

The return of Zinedine Zidane

Lily Allen brings a smile to the NPG

Wildlife vs Winston Churchill

Rakewell

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