Jon Day Lives in London. He writes for the London Review of Books, N+1, the New Statesman, the Telegraph and others.
The visual arts have often toyed with odours and smells, however challenging they are to represent
The mystery of aesthetic experience is perhaps even greater than that of the human brain
From Calder to Kusama, modern and contemporary artists have created many different versions of kinetic art
Swiss artist Meret Oppenheim's objects – she referred to them as ‘things’ – are still deeply unsettling, drawing you into their worlds and their logic
Nearly 50 years ago, Richard Long transformed a simple walk into a radical act. The artist talks to Apollo about mud and mark-making, his new prints, and why he can’t stop walking
Frances Spalding's expertly curated exhibition places Woolf at the still centre of the Bloomsbury group
Even in his aeropainting phase Dottori was committed to the pastoral
Francis Bacon wins the latest bout between artistic heavyweights, against Henry Moore at the Ashmolean
Unexpected connections abound in Brian Dillon's eclectic cabinet of curiosities