Paolo Veronese

The Prado’s survey of one of the great painters of 16th-century Venice also considers his influences – and the artists he influenced in turn

23 May 2025

Pop Brazil: avant-garde and new figuration, 1960–70

Even as the military dictatorship repressed civil society in the 1960s, artists resisted the pressure to conform

23 May 2025

In the studio with… Tara Donovan

The sculptor prefers not to have visitors in her sunlit studio in Brooklyn, where she tests materials and rereads books that have influenced her

22 May 2025

Koyo Kouoh, curator of next Venice Biennale, has died at 57

Plus: UK government puts export bar on Botticelli painting | Lindokuhle Sobekwa wins Deutsche Börse photography prize

18 May 2025

Art & the Book

Artists’ books come in all shapes, sizes and unusual formats, as this exhibition at the Warburg Institute makes clear

16 May 2025

Ancient India: living traditions

The British Museum presents artefacts of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism and explores how all three faiths changed over centuries

16 May 2025

The Solomon Collection: Dürer to Degas and Beyond

The biophysicist Arthur Solomon built up a formidable art collection that is now on display in Cambridge

16 May 2025

Lygia Clark: Retrospective

Though best known for her moveable sculptures and performance pieces, the Brazilian artist covered a lot of artistic ground

16 May 2025

Sotheby’s postpones sale of gems linked to the Buddha, after Indian pressure

Helen Frankenthaler and Andy Warhol Foundations cover cancelled NEA grants, and Kress Foundation president and former Walters Museum director, Julia Alexander, has died at the age of 57

9 May 2025

A Passion for China: The Adolphe Thiers Collection

The first president of the Third Republic was a divisive figure, but there’s no arguing with his taste in chinoiserie

9 May 2025

Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers

The artist’s abstract works were informed not only by mystical thinking but also by the shapes and colours of the natural world

9 May 2025

Caroline Walker: Mothering

At Hepworth Wakefield, the perceptive Scottish painter presents motherhood and other forms of care from a variety of angles

9 May 2025

London Craft Week 2025

Visitors can see work by more than 1,000 craftspeople from around the world – and get stuck in themselves at workshops and open studios

9 May 2025

Korean art scans new horizons in London

Musical displays, immersive experiences and a series of talks celebrate the country’s rich cultural heritage and appetite for innovation

8 May 2025

Acquisitions of the month: April 2025

Maarten van Heemskerck’s Entombment of Christ and a triptych by Joan Mitchell are among the most significant museum acquisitions of last month

7 May 2025

The shows to see in and around New York this month

With hundreds of exhibitions and events vying for attention in the city during Frieze and TEFAF, Apollo’s editors pick out the shows not to miss

6 May 2025

Ari Emanuel buys Frieze from Endeavor

Plus: the video artist Dara Birnbaum has died; and the journalist Wolfram Weimer will be Germany’s next minister for culture

2 May 2025

Huma Bhabha: Encounters – Giacometti

At the Barbican, imperious, often monumental statues by Huma Bhabha are paired with the figures of Alberto Giacometti to unsettling effect

2 May 2025

The Angel of History

In Berlin, a delicate watercolour by Paul Klee is the focus of a display exploring what the work meant to Walter Benjamin

2 May 2025

Superfine: Tailoring Black Style

This show at the Met celebrates more than two centuries of Black apparel – and remembers the hardships endured by even the nattiest of dressers

2 May 2025

Spiegel im Spiegel

Work by Gerhard Richter and a soundscape by Arvo Pärt are accompanied by more than 700 years of German and Estonian art

2 May 2025

In the studio with… Florence Houston

When painting her gelatinous desserts, the artist is surrounded by jelly moulds, jellies and even a mummified mouse for company

30 Apr 2025

MFA Boston returns Benin Bronzes to donor opposed to restitution

Plus: the Art Institute of Chicago has been ordered to surrender an Egon Schiele work; and Guy Ullens, a major collector of contemporary Chinese art, has died

25 Apr 2025

Rosa Barba: The Ocean of One’s Pause

Covering the past 15 years of the artist’s career, this show unites film with kinetic sculpture and live performance to explore the power of light and sound

25 Apr 2025