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
Wining and dining in the prints of Pablo Picasso
Why Samanid ceramics have caught the eye of collectors
Earthenware from the Central Asian empire is much sought-after, though quality pieces can be found at relatively low prices too
Four things to see: Expressionist landscapes
To mark 45 years since the death of Oskar Kokoschka, we select four dramatic landscapes painted in the Expressionist style
Creative Australia faces backlash after deselecting Venice Biennale artist
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The owl who got his own exhibition
The New York Historical’s display about Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from Central Park Zoo, is a reminder of what freedom looks like and how easily it can be taken away
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Can American art museums escape the culture wars?
Recent rehangs at the Met and the Brooklyn Museum suggest that part of the answer lies in respecting the viewer’s own capacity for interpretation
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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
In the studio with… Chrissie Hynde
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
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How pastels caused a stir in 18th-century Paris
Cimabue, the first light of the Renaissance
When Rubens was king of his own castle
Will US tariffs threaten the art market?
Also: American museums and the culture wars, in defence of eccentrics, the retro pleasures of Viennetta, Italy’s answer to Versailles; reviews of Orphism in New York and medieval women in London, John Singer Sargent’s favourite family, and the only Disney character who was ever funny. Plus: Helen Gordon on the meteorite that captivated Dürer
The avant-garde painters who went round in circles
Whether Orphism can be called a coherent movement is one thing, but its practitioners produced some excellent art
Queen of suspense – the art of Patricia Highsmith
Thirty years after the novelist’s death, Apollo revisits the Ripley creator’s close ties to the visual arts
When gladiators roamed the British Isles
A touring exhibition of gladiatorial objects found in Britain makes a stab at getting to the heart of our fascination with the amphitheatre, but does it succeed?
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Inside Edith Wharton’s house, a mirthful ode to classical taste
The home the writer designed for herself in the hills of Massachusetts is a window on to the shifting tastes of Gilded Age America
In defence of the outsider artist
The art world tends to favour self-promoting extroverts, but it is often the eccentrics and wallflowers who make the most interesting work
The real saints and scribes of medieval Europe, celebrity edition
The British Library’s exhibition of women in the Middle Ages who were creative and intellectual pioneers is a red-carpet affair
Picabia, the painter who refused to be pinned down
In his final works, some of which have never been shown before, the endlessly restless artist adopted an abstract style that challenges us to look for hidden meanings
The memory palace of Mario Praz
The scholar’s meticulously preserved apartment in Rome testifies to his passion for all things 19th century, and to how he treated collecting as a form of memoir
‘I’m not worried about going stagnant or out of fashion’ – an interview with Jake Grewal
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
Citizen Guillaume – the painter whose fortunes followed the French Revolution’s
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
A fitting tribute to Dior
An imaginative exhibition in The Hague stresses how much the fashion house still owes to its founder
Leigh Bowery!
Tate Modern celebrates the brief but influential life and work of the Australian-born performance artist, musician, fashion icon and muse
Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100–1900
Later Chinese bronzes were much more than pale imitations of ancient works, as this exhibition at the Met shows
Gothic Modern: From Darkness to Light
Macabre works by modernist masters hang alongside those by Cranach, Holbein and others in Oslo
Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men
The artist’s crisp depictions of male labourers, soldiers and boatsmen are in the spotlight at the Getty
Who will reimagine the British Museum?
The winner of the competition to redesign the most popular galleries will be announced next month, but are the finalists thinking hard enough what the museum should really be?