The sculptor knows something about scale, which, as he tells Apollo, is ‘the most mysterious, strange, poetic thing’
When David Hockney wrote a book arguing that many Old Master painters used optical devices, the idea was hotly debated by art historians. In 2010, he talked to Martin Gayford about his unorthodox and firmly held belief
The Argentine-born pioneer of kinetic art has died at the age of 97. In 2020 he talked to Gabrielle Schwarz about his experiments in form and colour and a life devoted to trying new things
The co-founder of Old Masters gallery Lullo Pampoulides talks to Apollo about the importance of fairs, what happened after Brexit and the collapse of the mid market
The photographer talks to Apollo about how she prepared to represent New Zealand at the Venice Biennale – all without a studio
The artist moves between studios in New York and Puerto Rico, where music – be it bossa nova or hip hop – is always playing in the background
The artist’s work is guided by a deep appreciation of the rhythms of the natural world. Ahead of his presentation at the Venice Biennale in the Canadian Pavilion, he talks about how he has grown as an artist
The textile artist Amina Agueznay talks to Apollo about representing her country in its first appearance among the national pavilions at the biennial
Scott, who has led the museum since 2017, talks to Apollo about her favourite works from the collection and how to get new audiences into Old Masters
The artist’s writhing sculptures have invaded unusual spaces, from central London to the set of ‘Wuthering Heights’
From migrant journeys to gay rights in Kenya, the painter packs the vitality and violence of the world into his work
The artist has lived in Italy and Salzburg, studying under Oskar Kokoschka, but it’s in her peaceful studio in the Australian bush that she feels most at home
In his Norfolk studio, the artist enjoys a refreshing sense of solitude after years spent in the close confines of London
Curator Wolf Burchard explains how an exhibition of colossal carpets at the Grand Palais celebrates a unique chapter in art history
The Irish artist is inspired by Philip Guston’s drawings in her London studio, which looks on to a rugby pitch and might be haunted by the ghost of Charlie Chaplin
The German artist enjoys the solitude of his New York studio, which offers a refuge from the bustle of the city
Before the release of her latest film, the director sat down with Apollo to talk about the thrills and spills of making an art-heist movie
The artist blasts country music at full volume and thumbs through a Nan Goldin catalogue while working at her home studio in Notting Hill Gate
The Libyan artist has studios in both Cairo and London, and finds the colours of each city seeping into her intricate textile work
In his east London studio, the Scottish artist blocks out the neighbourhood chaos with noise-cancelling headphones and tennis commentary
On the eve of a major US survey, the artist talks to Apollo about decorating statues and the ornamental side of the British Empire
The Polish artist prefers to work alone in his Kraków studio, where the silence was recently disturbed by a visiting hornet
The only drawback of the Scottish painter’s New York studio is that he’ll have to leave it next year. In the meantime, he’s enjoying the quiet, undisturbed by a taxidermied pheasant
The painter and printmaker maintains a flexible routine at her church-like studio in Harare, which sits between a mountain and a dried-up riverbed
