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How Isabella Stewart Gardner shaped artistic taste in the US
The first Piero, the first Simone Martini, the first Raphael… ‘Mrs Jack’ brought them all to America
The ‘grim’ social housing that has proved more robust than what followed it
George Peabody’s vision lives on, and we would do well to heed it today
What makes a museum secure?
What can museums do to deter would-be Thomas Crowns – and what are the risks they run rather more regularly?
The importance of death in everyday Egyptian life
In ancient Egypt funeral objects were as important in daily life as they were in the afterlife
How the nuclear age made its mark on sculpture
The fear of nuclear disaster haunted the forms and materials of post-war sculpture
The eccentric and enduring visions of Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron’s photographs are some of the most hauntingly original of the 19th century.
Samuel Rush Meyrick: the man behind the medieval revival
‘For students of arms and armour, Meyrick was the first and greatest of those giants on whose shoulders we stand.’
‘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
What’s in store at the National Galleries of Scotland?
Thousands of artworks are hidden away in Edinburgh’s Granton Stores. We got an exclusive tour…
How Asian luxury goods found their way into Dutch Golden Age paintings
Exploring the events – adventurous, legal, and commercial – that shaped Amsterdam’s budding relationship with Asia
Richard Serra’s monumental move in Washington, D.C.
Esther Chadwick watches Richard Serra’s monumental Five Plates, Two Poles move into a new home at the National Gallery of Art
‘All kinds of abstract art were possible.’ Alan Bowness on post-war British painting
Sir Alan Bowness’s art collection goes on display at a new public gallery at Downing College Cambridge
‘This exhibition conflates the gallery and the brothel’
Sensationalist displays are no way to explore art and prostitution, writes Lynda Nead – and the Musée d’Orsay has got carried away with selling sex
Drinking scenes: the relationship between artists and alcohol
The Romantic association between creativity and alcohol has no foundation, but alcohol and its effects have proved a rich subject for artists
Andrew Ciechanowiecki: 1924–2015
The art world has lost one of the most respected scholar-art dealers of the 20th century
Nazi-era restitution claims are just the tip of the iceberg
Artworks were looted en masse throughout the 20th century: we need far better legislation to resolve the issue
Baltic Diary: The Purpose of Art Prizes
The Lorck Schive art prize has an important role to play in Trondheim’s growing art community
Can art exist on social media?
Can artists and the wider art world use social media for more than self-promotion? Some certainly think so…
‘We have one heritage.’ Syria’s chief of antiquities calls on Europe for help
‘The dangers surrounding the Syrian archaeological heritage are growing beyond our capabilities’
Baltic Diary: The Art of Coffee
Art, made of coffee, shown in a bookshop: Ian Bourgeot’s work at Helsinki’s Arkadia breaks conventions in more ways than one
Virtual Florence: A Church Goes Digital
Reconstructing the lost Florentine church of San Pier Maggiore
Out of sight: Unseen Public Collections
A recent report claimed that public bodies in the UK are keeping £3.5bn worth of art in storage. Is this accurate and what should museums do with objects that they can never display?
Letter from Belfast
‘Belfast is like East Berlin after the Wall came down’ – William Cook on the changing face of a divided city
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