The origin of the ‘Barbus Müller’ figures has puzzled many since these distinctive sculptures surfaced in the 1930s
The ‘Prince of Painters’ has been much mythologised by art historians in the 500 years since his death
More than 300 photographs at MoMA and an Aboriginal shield in Adelaide are among this month's highlights
Setting a brave example wasn't what Niru Ratnam had in mind when he forged ahead with plans to open his new business during the pandemic
While museums deliberate about returning objects that were taken from their places of origin without consent, it is easier for individuals to act
A short-sighted view of what counts as cultural heritage has led to the bulldozing of family tombs in the city’s oldest burial site
The sacking of two museum directors and the axing of the ministry for culture is part of a wider struggle about who and what culture is for
The importance of public statuary and portraiture for the Romans is no better demonstrated than in the way images of personae non gratae were destroyed, disfigured or re-carved
Khadija Saye was among the 72 people who died in the fire at Grenfell in 2017. A series of self-portraits she made that year is currently on display near the tower
The discovery of remains of victims of the Terror in a chapel dedicated to Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette complicates our understanding of the monument
Struck by both Covid-19 and a fierce earthquake, Croatia’s capital city and its cultural heritage need urgent help
A century after the founding of the Leach Pottery in St Ives, the ‘father of British studio pottery’ remains an influential, if contested, figure
This August marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in America
What does it mean to make cinema – and film directors in particular – the subject of museum exhibitions?
Photographs by Gordon Parks and a panoramic painting by Dale Lewis feature amid an unusually plentiful offering in London this summer
As museums and galleries in the UK reopen, Apollo’s editors pick out the exhibitions they’re most looking forward to visiting
The shop window has long been a playground for artists – and looks set to be so more than ever in the months ahead
The encounter between Mary Magdalene and the risen Christ has challenged the artists who have chosen to represent it
Five decades of drawings by Giuseppe Penone and a dazzling drunkard by Joaquin Sorolla are among this month’s highlights
The role of leading Anglo-Jewish figures in the development of the fledgling museum deserves to be better known
The contested building was recently, for the first time, the site of the annual celebration of the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
The remains of the Red Lion, recently unearthed in Whitechapel, show us a dress rehearsal for the great Elizabethan theatres
These modern monsters may look lonely, but they’re familiar figures – descendants of the Parisian beasts of Viollet-le-Duc and Charles Meryon
Recent mining blasts at a sacred site in Western Australia have fired up protestors
