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
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)
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World’ (Getty Publications)
Should museums display artworks that feature live animals?
Victoria Dailey and Giovanni Aloi consider if there is any place for live animals in modern museums
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘America’s Cool Modernism: O’Keeffe to Hopper’ by Katherine Bourgignon
‘The Royal Academy remains a great asset that must never be squandered’
Norman Rosenthal, Rebecca Salter, Nick Goss and Sarah Turner share their views on what sets the RA apart
Acquisitions of the month: April 2018
Chris Ofili’s notorious ‘The Holy Virgin Mary’ goes to MoMA and the Baltimore Museum of Art updates its contemporary art collection
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘Rodin and the art of ancient Greece’ by Celeste Farge, Bénédicte Garnier and Ian Jenkins (Thames & Hudson)
Are museums too preoccupied by visitor numbers?
League tables of museum visitor numbers may generate a lot of media coverage – but do they distract institutions from other priorities?
‘It feels like the sculptures have landed on the roof’
Huma Bhabha discusses sci-fi, politics and her Roof Garden Commission for the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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