The sonic visions of Oliver Beer
The sonic visions of Oliver BeerThe artist tells Apollo how he harnesses the natural resonance of spaces, from caves to tube stations, to create his innovative paintings and installations
Smithsonian head tells staff institution ‘remains steadfast’
Plus: director of National Museum of African American History and Culture resigns, and Bavaria’s culture minister promises reform of State Paintings Collection after allegations of institutional failure
Keita Morimoto turns Tokyo into a nocturnal no-man’s-land
In the painter’s night-time scenes, occasional isolated figures play second fiddle to the anonymous urban settings they inhabit
‘The vitality and sheer weirdness is thrilling’ – at the Museum of Cycladic Art
An exhibition of ancient art spanning centuries and islands isn’t afraid to let the objects speak for themselves
Swimming and style – a brief history
The Design Museum’s deep dive into swimming shows that people have always felt the urge to get into the water, for survival, sport or fun
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The jazzy life of Gertrude Abercrombie
Once a central figure in Chicago’s mid-century art and jazz scene, this Surrealist painter was long forgotten – until now
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In the studio with… Catherine Wagner
The San Francisco-based photographer has moved into a new space, and she’s getting used to a more communal environment – but order is still all-important
In the studio with… Jakkai Siributr
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
April 2025
The Frick returns to Fifth Avenue
An interview with Oliver Beer
How the Acropolis became modern
In praise of ‘degenerate’ art
Also: The duchess who scandalised Spain, why the market for women’s art is slowing, Dutch paintings at Apsley House, how Bugatti built a style icon, the sensational designs of Alphonse Mucha, and a preview of Art Dubai; reviews of Gertrude Abercrombie in Pittsburgh, Medardo Rosso in Vienna, and a history of image-eating. Plus: Will Wiles on a French avant-garde portrait with a family connection
To infinity and beyond with Caspar David Friedrich
The high priest of German Romanticism is at his best when practising a minimalism that requires maximum imaginative effort from the viewer
In Portugal, a world-class ceramics collection now has a home to match
The ceramics collection of Renato de Albuquerque can now be found in a state-of-the-art centre on a mission to educate and entice the public
Local colour: Peter Mitchell’s photographs of a bygone Britain
The British photographer’s images of a country on the cusp of great change combine insider knowledge with the urge to make the familiar alien
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Trump issues executive order to remove ‘improper ideology’ from Smithsonian
Plus: Looting at Sudan’s National Museum | South Korean heritage sites threatened by country’s worst wildfires | Christophe Cherix appointed next director of MoMA | and more
Paddington bears the weight of British identity
The national psychodrama sparked by the destruction of a Paddington Bear statue raises a question: when did we start taking fictional characters so seriously?
Celia Paul faces the ghosts of her past
In recent portraits and seascapes the painter ponders time and memory, and the legacy of Lucian Freud and co.
Four things to see: Royal patronage
The 400th anniversary of Charles I’s ascent to the throne is a reminder that rulers, from the Medicis to the Mughal emperors, have long patronised artists
The Sienese painters who sparked a revolution in European art
The innovations of artists in the first half of the 14th century created new pathways for painting for centuries to come
The painter who poked fun at 18th-century Paris
Working in the new medium of pastels, Maurice-Quentin de La Tour portrayed the elites of his day in a style to suit the hedonism of the age
What would Jane Austen say?
Nothing gets a certain type of viewer more hot under the cravat than anachronisms in period drama – but the best inaccuracies are artistically liberating
The uneasy business of being an American artist
Rachel Cohen talks to Apollo about the reissue of ‘A Chance Meeting’, her inventive account of more than a century of artistic endeavour in the United States
Amy Sherald: American Sublime
The portraitist gets her first solo show in New York, featuring striking paintings of cowboys, farmers, beauty queens and Michelle Obama
Thomas Schütte: Genealogies
Some 50 sculptures of heads, busts and bodies by the German artist are on display alongside 100 works on paper, revealing fresh insights into his process
Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s
A chance to see how the Second World War transformed American attitudes towards art, design and fashion
The Carracci Cartoons: Myths in the Making
The National Gallery continues its bicentenary celebrations with two vast, dramatic charcoal-on-paper drawings that are rarely on display
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The attacks on ‘degenerate’ art were brutal and shocking, but the bravery of the artists whose work was singled out should also be remembered