Features
Cover Story: July/August Apollo
How many people, in the art world and beyond, are able to distinguish Gilbert Proesch from George Passmore?
Editor’s Letter: Youth and experience
It’s vital that young scholars and writers have institutional support. Apollo is pleased to announce a new writing prize with Lund Humphries
Masterpiece London: June Apollo
Apollo talks to Nazy Vassegh and Philip Hewat-Jaboor, CEO and chairman of Masterpiece London, ahead of the 5th edition of the fair
Cover Story: June Apollo
Alexander Pope seems to live on in Roubiliac’s magnificent portrait bust, as if the man and his mind somehow inhabited the marble
Diary: May Apollo
Extract from our May Diary featuring Karen Smith on contemporary Chinese art
Cover Story: May Apollo
A young Jackson Pollock, inspired by Michelangelo, made the copper tondo on Apollo’s May issue cover
Diary: April Apollo
Extract from our April Diary featuring the director of Birmingham’s Ikon gallery, Jonathan Watkins, on the museum’s upcoming 50th anniversary
Building the catalogue: the National Gallery and digital publishing
‘Building the Picture’ is accompanied by the National Gallery’s first fully digital catalogue
Artists as Print Collectors: April Apollo
Ben Luke on the phenomenon of artist as print collector – what makes the medium so seductive?
Forum: Does today’s art market benefit young artists?
Apollo’s April Forum asks whether art market hype affects emerging artists
The Origins of the Easter Bunny
How did our furry friends become the ubiquitous symbols of Easter?
Editor’s Letter: Culture Secretaries
The new culture secretary, Sajid Javid, must be as visible as possible at arts venues in the coming months
Matisse: April Apollo
Extracts from Emma Crichton-Miller’s article on Matisse and his cut-outs, in Apollo’s April issue
Editor’s Letter: Italian museums are showing the strain
In his April Editor’s Letter, Thomas Marks asks ‘Was there ever a golden age for Italian Museums?’
Cover Story: April Apollo
Our April cover features a photograph of Matisse. He is ensconced in cut-out design, intent on working the line
Beyond TEFAF: What’s on around Maastricht
A look at some of the outstanding satellite shows being staged alongside TEFAF
Forum: Is it ever justifiable to burn a fake?
Apollo’s March Forum asks what should be done with ‘fake’ paintings
Editor’s Letter: Two Jewel Boxes
Following MoMA’s expansion plans, is it time to ask whether large museums should look beyond themselves?
Cover Story: March Apollo
All eyes on the Mauritshuis… a striking detail from Rembrandt’s ‘The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp’ features on this month’s cover
Four Fake Exhibitions
Is there value in fake art? Several museums and galleries seem to think so, and have mounted exhibitions to prove it
Diary: February Apollo
Extract from our February Diary featuring Diana Campbell Betancourt on the Dhaka Art Summit (7–9 February)
Forum: February Apollo
Our February Forum asks ‘Have traditional museum and exhibition catalogues had their day?’
Editor’s Letter: Public Gestures
Should the public have a say in exhibition programming? The MFA in Boston seems to think so…
Editor’s Letter: Connoisseurship now
Has the time come for a revival of connoisseurship?