Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘The Fitzwilliam Museum: A History’, by Lucilla Burn
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art’, published to accompany the current exhibition at the National Gallery, London
Acquisitions of the Month: March 2016
Bonnie Prince Charlie makes a triumphant return to Edinburgh, while the NGA add hundreds of works to its huge collection
Is it time to reform art export in the UK?
Christopher Brown and Bendor Grosvenor debate the pros and cons of the current UK export licensing system
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘Vigée Le Brun’ by Joseph Baillio, Katharine Baetjer and Paul Lang
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘Death on the Nile: Uncovering the Afterlife of Ancient Egypt’
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2016
LACMA just acquired an entire house – and no ordinary house at that
‘This is what we can do in an encyclopaedic museum’
Sheena Wagstaff on the Met’s ambitious plans for the Breuer building
TEFAF Talk: ‘Show Your Wound’ at The Arts Club, London
From Christian icon paintings to extreme contemporary performances, images of suffering are a source of fascination to people. Why?
TEFAF Talk: Open Furniture at The Wallace Collection, London
Find out why the Wallace Collection’s historic furniture is so highly prized – while enjoying a free breakfast…
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis XIV’, by Charissa Bremer-David
‘This is the best of the Roman tradition’: A new mosaic unveiled in Israel
Archaeologist Amir Gorzalczany from the Israel Antiquities Authority tells Apollo about an exciting new discovery
Acquisitions of the Month: January 2016
Several museums have plugged gaps in their collections this month, while others have received some extraordinarily generous gifts
TEFAF Talk: The Art of Frames at the National Gallery, London
Join Apollo’s editor Thomas Marks for a discussion about a hugely important, but frequently overlooked, part of art history
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velázquez’, by Laura Cumming
Art and Migration in Modern Britain: Apollo event at the London Art Fair
Join us this Friday for a one-off event
Omar Kholeif on how the internet transformed art
‘I’ve always been interested in artists who stretch the formal limits of technology’
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘Julia Margaret Cameron: Photographs to electrify you with delight and startle the world’, published to accompany the current exhibition at the V&A
York Floods: an update from the Jorvik Viking Centre
Museums and heritage sites across the UK are fighting to minimise flood damage this winter. But what happens after disaster strikes?
Acquisitions of the Month: December 2015
Several museums have received wonderful gifts this Christmas…
Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015)
Remembering the great pioneer of American abstraction, who has died at the age of 92
Is the German Cultural Property Protection Act to be welcomed?
Does draft cultural property legislation in Germany threaten to damage German cultural life, or is it necessary for the safeguarding of the country’s heritage?
Are there too many art fairs?
With several art fairs staged every week, are such events damaging to the more traditional art trade, or do they allow greater public engagement with art?