On the eggcentricities of Hitchcock and Dalí
On the eggcentricities of Hitchcock and DalíThe Psycho director may have hated them, but for those who aren’t as easily shell-shocked, eggs can crack open a whole new world
How two artists have weathered one stormy marriage
The ups and downs in the lives of photographer Joel Meyerowitz and the writer and artist Maggie Barrett makes for documentary dynamite
Art Dubai opens a gateway to the future
The biggest art fair in the Middle East is highlighting projects from the Global South and offering alternatives to Western traditions of displaying art
What Wellington bought after Waterloo
An exhibition of the Dutch paintings the 1st Duke of Wellington purchased in Paris reveals another aspect of an extraordinary life
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Design takes a front seat again in Milan
Milan Design Week is, at its best, a comforting reminder of how good design can transform our lives
The fashion house with a bias for the surreal and fantastic in craft
An exhibition in Tokyo celebrating the artists and artisans Loewe has worked with over the decades is tailor-made for craft lovers
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In the studio with… A.A. Murakami
For five years, the husband-and-wife artists have lived in rural Japan, surrounded by the clacking of bamboo in the forest and the sights of misty hills
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
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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
David Salle’s brush with artificial intelligence
The artist has used AI to reinterpret some of his old paintings. He explains to Apollo how this technology has given him a newfound freedom
The drugged-up doodles of Henri Michaux
The artist’s mescaline trips in the 1950s and ’60s led to extraordinary acts of creativity, when he tried to pin down their effect on paper
Has the market for women artists stalled?
After rising for a decade, prices for women artists are levelling off. Is the current downturn just a temporary blip?
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The sonic visions of Oliver Beer
The artist tells Apollo how he harnesses the natural resonance of spaces, from caves to tube stations, to create his innovative paintings and installations
No smoking for David Hockney on the Paris metro
Posters of the artist’s upcoming show have been pulled for featuring a cigarette – but he’s hardly the only painter who’s been partial to a puff
‘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
When the Nazis pilloried modern art
The attacks on ‘degenerate’ art were brutal and shocking, but the bravery of the artists whose work was singled out should also be remembered
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.
The rise of performance art in Renaissance Italy
An accomplished musician as well as a painter, Lorenzo Costa was perfectly placed to capture the changing fashions and shifting social etiquette of his day
Gilty pleasures – Versailles in the 21st century
With new leadership and restored rooms that haven’t looked this good since the Ancien Régime, the palace is entering a new golden era
How to give back looted objects
UK museums are hamstrung by outdated laws around restitution. It’s time for politicians to end the impasse and give them greater autonomy over their collections
Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers
Filling the rotunda of the Guggenheim in New York, this survey of the protean American artist captures his verve, bite and intellectual range
Tarō Okamoto: Reinventing Japan
One of the most distinctive Japanese artists of the 20th century gets a survey in Paris, the city that shaped his art and worldview in the 1930s
Jennie C. Jones: Ensemble
The American minimalist has always been fascinated by sound, and is now bringing her string-instrument sculptures to the Met’s rooftop
Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition 2025
Dozens of instantly arresting photographs taken around the world in the last year go on display in this annual show at Somerset House
Suzanne Treister’s tarot offers humanity a new toolbox
The artist has updated her ‘Hexen’ deck charting the rise of the military-industrial complex for an age of climate crisis and disinformation