Book competition
Your chance to win Corot: Women by Mary Morton (Yale University Press/NGA Washington)
The Apollo 40 Under 40 Europe launch, in pictures
Celebrating the new, Europe edition of the Apollo 40 Under 40 at the Wallace Collection on Wednesday evening
The museum pieces that every school kid in the US needs to see
Five leading museum directors pick objects that should be seen by every child in America
Book competition
Your chance to win Designers & Jewellery 1850–1940: Jewellery and Metalwork from the Fitzwilliam Museum
Eight bars and restaurants for art lovers
Forget the food … where can you go for a good interior, an artist-run hub, or some art worth looking at on the walls?
Book competition
Your chance to win Michaelina Wautier, 1614-1689: Glorifying a Forgotten Talent by Katlijne Van der Stighelen
The Apollo podcast: Mark Gatiss on John Minton
Mark Gatiss tells Thomas Marks about his new film on John Minton – and his lifelong fascination with the artist
Acquisitions of the month: July 2018
A 16-metre-long Chinese scroll and some Surrealist masterpieces are among this month’s top acquisitions
Eight artists’ gardens that are artworks in their own right
Artists have often been inspired by gardens – and some have created outdoor masterpieces of their own
The museum pieces every school kid in the Netherlands should see
Leading figures pick objects from Dutch collections that should be seen by every schoolchild in the Netherlands
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘Michael Jackson: On the Wall’ (National Portrait Gallery)
Apollo recommends arty novels for the summer
Nobody wants to take a coffee table book to the beach, so here’s some fiction about art – picked by Apollo’s editors
The museum pieces that every school kid needs to see
Leading figures pick objects from UK collections that should be seen by every child in the country
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘The Militant Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism’ by Whitney Chadwick (Thames & Hudson)
The Apollo podcast: William Kentridge
Thomas Marks talks to William Kentridge about his new performance project, The Head & the Load
Acquisitions of the month: June 2018
A major giveaway from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation and a Queen Victoria bust are among this month’s top acquisitions
An evening at the Apollo summer party
Leading figures from the art and museum worlds gathered for Apollo’s annual party on Monday night
Is the international art world too elitist?
The proliferation of biennials and art fairs has brought with it the rise of a jet-set elite. Do such events encourage meaningful engagement?
Book competition
Your chance to win a copy of ‘Delacroix’ by Barthélémy Jobert (Princeton University Press)
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘Visitors to Versailles: From Louis XIV to the French Revolution’ (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
‘I’ve always insisted on remaining an artist’
Sam Gilliam has consistently challenged the traditional premises of painting. As he tells Apollo, his need to make art is as urgent as ever
Acquisitions of the month: May 2018
Two Attic vases once owned by Lucien Bonaparte enter the Louvre, while the Getty acquires its first Rodin bronze
An authentic alliance: craft and luxury
The leading developer Northacre supported London Craft Week this year – a recognition of its commitment to craftsmanship (advertising feature, in association with Northacre)
Does the system for protecting historic buildings in New York still work?
The controversy over the expansion of the Frick has been resolved, but questions surrounding the preservation of New York’s historic buildings remain