Features
Pots, pans and pondering in Chardin’s domestic scenes
The 18th-century painter’s depictions of servants paused at work raise questions about the nature of attention
Seven Halloween horror films for art historians
From Nosferatu to the Scream franchise – Apollo’s editors select some arty horror movies
The sophisticated side of Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Bruegel may have painted many peasants, but he was one of the most complex – and urbane – artists of his day
Anni Albers weaves her magic at Tate Modern
A major exhibition devoted to the artist restores her – and the craft of weaving – to the heart of the modern movement
A game-changing expansion for the Glenstone Museum
The reopened museum in Maryland raises the bar for what we can expect from private collections
How Julian Trevelyan made an art of everyday life
The British artist was a key figure in the social research movement known as Mass Observation
Berthe Morisot comes into her own
A landmark exhibition puts the painter back where she belongs – at the heart of the Impressionist movement
Acquisitions of the month: August/September 2018
A Cubist collage and a portrait of Dylan Thomas are among the top works acquired by public collections recently
What the art of Armenia can tell us about a place and its people
The Met’s exhibition helps us understand a region that has always been hard to define, but there are many other stories to be told
The utopian visions of Geta Brătescu
An exhibition in Berlin has turned into a fitting tribute to the late artist and her inspiring attitude towards the world
The museums of Belgrade are well worth a visit – now that they’ve finally reopened
After years of closure, the National Museum in Belgrade and MoCAB are both open again
The treasures of Horace Walpole come home to Strawberry Hill
Much of Walpole’s extensive collection is about to return to its original neo-gothic surroundings
‘No story of painting in St Ives is complete without W.S. Graham’
An exhibition on the art of the Scottish poet reveals the impact that his friendship with the St Ives artists had on his own work
How the V&A Dundee is rewriting the history of Scotland
The country’s first design museum is taking a cosmopolitan approach to presenting the national story
The Design Museum Zurich gets a stylish makeover
The refurbished museum is filled with fascinating objects from New Wave typography to a Swiss railway clock
In losing its national museum, Brazil has been robbed of a chapter of its history
The museum housed in the former royal palace in Rio de Janeiro was once a symbol of national pride and progress
Art goes underground at a new museum in Helsinki
The Amos Rex brings together classic Finnish functionalism and a futuristic underground space
The remarkable rebirth of the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo
The pioneering space for contemporary art has reopened and transformed itself into a vital local centre
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
The triumph of Tintoretto
To mark the 500th anniversary of Tintoretto’s birth, the Venetian artist is finally having a major exhibition in his hometown
Creating a scene on stage
How set designers and scene painters have beguiled audiences through the centuries
The lasting legacy of Thomas Chippendale
Three hundred years after the cabinet-maker’s birth, his name is still a byword for excellence
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?
The Italian painter who travelled to the Holy Land with John Singer Sargent
The discovery that Sargent made the journey with Alberto Falchetti sheds new light on both artists
What happens when an artist wants to be anonymous?