‘If Jeff Koons directed an ad for Nescafé Gold Blend’ – Rivals, reviewed
From explosions of chintz to thrusting postmodern architecture, the sets for Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster leave us in no doubt we’re watching a 1980s period drama
Four things to see: Peace
To coincide with United Nations Day, we look at four artworks and objects designed to promote harmony or tranquillity
How to make a new museum in Nigeria
The Museum of West African Art points to a new path for creating an institution from scratch and more imaginative ways of dealing with the colonial past
Alison Wilding keeps up a careful balancing act
A stimulating show at Alison Jacques perfectly captures the sculptor’s ability to combine familiar materials in unexpected ways
At Maison Ruinart, contemporary art holds court
The first champagne house ever to be established, Maison Ruinart has a new, art-filled home – one that maintains a harmonious relationship between heritage and modernity
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The bohemians who trained a generation of British artists
Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines turned their backs on the London art world to create an art school with an outsize legacy
Manny Vega makes a splash in New York
The mosaic artist’s celebration of El Barrio combines influences including African clothing to Latin jazz to create something wonderfully new
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In the studio with… Pauline Curnier Jardin
When working in her suntrap of a studio in Rome, the artist enjoys people-watching, listening to jazz and admiring an antique manhole cover made of travertine
In the studio with… Eduardo Terrazas
The Mexican artist, known for his woven works that borrow from folk-art traditions, listens to Bach and Rosalía while working in his studio in Colonia Roma, Mexico City
November 2024
• New Japanese galleries at the MFA Boston
• Are prints the next big thing?
• What makes Christian Marclay tick?
• Chicago’s answer to William Morris
Also: collecting haute couture, marvellous pre-Ming ceramics, and a preview of Asian Art in London; and reviews of Surrealism at the Pompidou, lost London interiors and a new life of Mies van der Rohe. Plus: Lucy Ellmann on a troubling trompe l’oeil painting of a cat behind bars
The young collectors on the hunt for Old Masters
New York-based collectors Domenico Lanzara and Sean Imfeld speak to Apollo about their obsession with Old Master drawings
Acquisitions of the month: September 2024
A 17th-century portrait of a bookseller from Lombardy and a breviary from the library of Charles V are among this month’s highlights
The cosmic art of Liliane Lijn
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
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When does rubbish become art?
A feud in Fife involving a single-minded outsider artist and his unhappy neighbour gives Apollo’s roving correspondent cause to reflect
Four things to see: Dress to express
People have always used clothing to express their individuality and sometimes to rebel against societal norms – as these four artworks and photographs show
The ghostly worlds of Goya and Paula Rego
The artists’ eerie prints have much in common, but this pairing at the Holburne Museum is something of a missed opportunity
Were the Impressionists really so shocking?
It suits us to think of the movement as unpopular, but the passing of time makes it harder to see why the first Impressionist Exhibition of 1874 made such a stir
The cult buildings of Carlo Scarpa
The Italian modernist who was at his most creative working in historic settings left behind an intensely individual legacy
The unconventional wisdom of Eileen Agar
The British Surrealist’s colourful account of a long and eventful career is back in print, and her deep commitment to her work couldn’t be clearer
Bringing Pompeii back to life
Recent conservation efforts have led to new discoveries of stunning interiors and wall paintings that also tell us more about everyday life in the city
The surreal films of Jan Švankmajer
When it comes to conjuring the uncanny atmosphere and impossible logic of dreams, the Czech film-maker has few equals
After the End of the World: Pictures from Panafrica
Documentary photographs from apartheid-era South Africa sit alongside pictures inspired by Candomblé traditions in this wide-ranging show in Chicago
Katharina Sieverding
Political art, text-based works and flamboyant self-portraits by the German photographer go on show in Düsseldorf
Rudolf Wacker: Magic and Abysses of Reality
The horrors of the First World War and its troubled aftermath loom large in the Austrian artist’s inventive, disconcerting paintings
Ana Lupas: Intimate Space – Open Gaze
The most extensive survey to date of the artist’s career touches on Romanian craft traditions as well as the country’s turbulent history