Apollo – The International Art Magazine

Pelé scores at Sotheby’s

Pelé scores at Sotheby’s

Bavaria votes to set up independent panel to assess claims on Nazi-looted art

Bavaria votes to set up independent panel to assess claims on Nazi-looted art

How to build your own masterpiece

How to build your own masterpiece

Barbara Hepworth’s keen eye for colour

Barbara Hepworth’s keen eye for colour

The bachelors who left their pads to the nation

The bachelors who left their pads to the nation

The American collectors for whom West is best

The American collectors for whom West is best

Pelé scores at Sotheby’s

Pelé scores at Sotheby’s

The shirt worn by Pelé in the 1958 World Cup final has sold for $4.9m, cementing the footballer’s status as a de facto work of art

17 July 2026

The bachelors who left their pads to the nation

The bachelors who left their pads to the nation

13 July 2026

Bavaria votes to set up independent panel to assess claims on Nazi-looted art

Bavaria votes to set up independent panel to assess claims on Nazi-looted art

Apollo

17 July 2026

Behind the scenes at the British Museum’s BTS tour

Behind the scenes at the British Museum’s BTS tour

10 July 2026

White House report accuses Smithsonian museum of ‘extreme political activism’

White House report accuses Smithsonian museum of ‘extreme political activism’

Apollo

10 July 2026

Barbara Hepworth’s keen eye for colour

Barbara Hepworth’s keen eye for colour

The sculptor used vivid hues sparingly and to powerful effect – an aspect of her work that has eluded critical attention until now

Emma Crichton-Miller

16 July 2026

The dark arts of Francisco de Zurbarán

The dark arts of Francisco de Zurbarán

The Spanish baroque master’s magnetic paintings get their moment in the London sun

9 July 2026

Arundhati Roy, architect

Arundhati Roy, architect

8 July 2026

The American collectors for whom West is best

The American collectors for whom West is best

14 July 2026

How Vanbrugh built a classical folly in a Tudor church

How Vanbrugh built a classical folly in a Tudor church

Charles Saumarez Smith

11 July 2026

Thoroughly modern Peggy

Thoroughly modern Peggy

Christopher Turner

4 July 2026

When artists get really high

When artists get really high

A performance artist couple snuck up to the top of the Empire State Building this week, which reminds Rakewell that artists have long sought inspiration in high places

3 July 2026

In the studio with...

In the studio with...

Anya Gallaccio

Anya Gallaccio

The Scottish artist may not currently have a physical studio, but finds her dining room table to be a useful alternative

Apollo

3 July 2026

In the studio with...

Angel Otero

Angel Otero

The artist moves between studios in New York and Puerto Rico, where music – be it bossa nova or hip hop – is always playing in the background

Apollo

6 May 2026

In the studio with...

Fiona Pardington

Fiona Pardington

The photographer talks to Apollo about how she prepared to represent New Zealand at the Venice Biennale – all without a studio

Apollo

12 May 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

July/August 2026 magazine cover

The New York Historical gets more democratic | does sculpture have a solid future? | the Musée du Quai Branly at 20 | Côte d’Ivoire’s supersized capital

Plus: Czech cubism, Peggy Guggenheim in London, a preview of Parcours des Mondes and, in reviews, Zurbarán at the National Gallery, what Spanish painters learnt in Italy, and the subtle genius of Michael Andrews

News

Bavaria votes to set up independent panel to assess claims on Nazi-looted art

17 JULY 2026

Bavaria votes to set up independent panel to assess claims on Nazi-looted art

White House report accuses Smithsonian museum of ‘extreme political activism’

10 JULY 2026

White House report accuses Smithsonian museum of ‘extreme political activism’

Mexican government faces lawsuit to stop modern masterpieces leaving country

5 JULY 2026

Mexican government faces lawsuit to stop modern masterpieces leaving country

Heatwave in Europe forces some museums to close, others become havens

28 JUNE 2026

Heatwave in Europe forces some museums to close, others become havens

Pace Gallery downsizes, dropping 50 artists and cutting 50 staff

7 JUNE 2026

Pace Gallery downsizes, dropping 50 artists and cutting 50 staff

Israel captures Crusader castle in south Lebanon

31 MAY 2026

Israel captures Crusader castle in south Lebanon

How Joe Brainard and friends sent up consumer society

How Joe Brainard and friends sent up consumer society

The C Comics drawn by the artist with words by New York School writers are a call to unconformity

3 July 2026

Four things to see

Four things to see: Food

Four things to see: Food

Apollo

3 July 2026

London’s new biennial lights up the East End

London’s new biennial lights up the East End

10 July 2026

Acquisitions of the month: June 2026

Acquisitions of the month: June 2026

Apollo

2 July 2026

Old Masters show their muscle in London

Old Masters show their muscle in London

7 July 2026

Paris’s youngest major museum is all grown up

Paris’s youngest major museum is all grown up

The Musée du Quai Branly is 20 this year. It has long aspired to be a place of post-colonial dialogue between cultures. Is this finally becoming a reality?

30 June 2026

Rakewell

Pelé scores at Sotheby’s

Behind the scenes at the British Museum’s BTS tour

When artists get really high

Reflections on a green pool

St James’s Park gets some new feathers in its cap

The fine art of typos

When theatre dives into the deep end

Rakewell

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