London’s Fashion and Textile Museum celebrates the era when Adel Rootstein’s factory produced innovative, glamorous models – and laments the blandness of the industry today
The artist’s collages inspired by his time in Paris reflect his love of the city’s music scene and reverence for the likes of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
A ring collector who became a leading expert in the field of jewellery studies, Scarisbrick always retained a direct, personal approach to the subject
A stone folly at the castle where Claudia Winkleman sniffs out treachery on television puts Apollo’s roving correspondent in mind of other perfect sites for plotting
Ahead of an exhibition at Studio Voltaire, the painter talks to Apollo about queerness, his obsession with charcoal and why he loves the work of Keith Vaughan
The actor may not have had much range, but he always played himself to perfection and brought that sense of panache to his most famous role
The Thai textile artist prefers silence in his studio so he can listen to his thoughts – which proves tricky when his dogs are hanging around
The rockstar-turned-artist revels in her solitude and shuts the door to everyone except her dog when she’s in the studio – which is also her flat
• The art of divination
• Will the art market recover in 2025?
• The obsessive collecting of Mario Praz
• An interview with Jake Grewal
Also: Edith Wharton’s dream house, the tempting textiles of Sheila Hicks, how the return of Asante gold has been received in Ghana, the architect who startled Georgian London; reviews of Sienese painting at the Met and high tech art at Tate Modern, the life of Augustus the Strong and a photo-novel about eccentric sisters. Plus: Hettie Judah on the problem with portraits
While Scandinavia streams ahead with ecologically sound projects and Edinburgh promises restored retail therapy, the outlook for London seems murkier
The country has a long and rich history of viticulture, as we can tell from ancient Roman mosaics and its present-day vineyards
Keep an eye out for reissues of novels by Elaine Kraf and Inger Christensen, a literary thriller in which Giorgio Vasari turns detective and Francesca Wade’s biography of Gertrude Stein
During her time as director of the Wallace Collection and well beyond it, Savill was a champion of the decorative arts and her beloved Sèvres porcelain, and a dedicated public servant
The innovations of artists in the first half of the 14th century created new pathways for painting for centuries to come
From the ancient world to modern times, humans have looked to the esoteric arts to answer questions about life, the universe and everything
The story of an artist who has been forgotten for nearly 200 years reflects the hopes and failures of the turbulent times he lived through
The replacement of Boswell’s department store with a luxury hotel is part of a beautification process that has gathered pace in recent years
The ideas and images of the artists who unleashed their unconscious on the world a century ago are now part of the fabric of everyday life
The artist has pursued her interest in light, motion and myth across drawing, sculpture and performance for six decades, but it’s her openness to new ideas that really defines her work
At its peak, the Mughal empire brought together scholars and artists of different languages and faiths to create art fit for kings
Seventy-five artworks were transported to Berlin from Odesa when Ukraine was invaded by Russia – and they are now on display at the Gemäldegalerie
Gladiator fights took place on this scepter’d isle too, as an exhibition of archaeological finds at Dorset Museum attests
The Louvre celebrates its recent acquisition of a rediscovered work by the painter whom Dante called the ‘first light’ of Renaissance art
A chance to get up close with illuminated manuscripts and discover the often madcap ways that medieval illustrators viewed foreign lands
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Are the Old Masters going up in the art world?
The Met’s Siena show was the toast of New York and the National Gallery’s version is expected to wow London. After December’s strong Old Master sales, the past is looking golden