Past Issue
April 2015
This April, Apollo features articles on the grotesque, Le Corbusier’s humanist side, and the radical potential of museum education programmes. Susan Moore talks to Charles Weissmann about his instinctive approach to collecting, Hannah Gregory meets Kader Attia ahead of a major retrospective of his work in Lausanne, and Fatema Ahmed talks to Max Hollein about the Stadel Museum’s 200th anniversary. Plus: Gavin Stamp on the redevelopment of iconic buildings and Robert O’Byrne on images of Russia. Preview the issue below.
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February 2025
Can American art escape the culture wars? | Poking fun at 18th-century Paris | Donald Duck’s fowl play
January 2025
The art of divination | an interview with Jake Grewal | will the market recover in 2025?
December 2024
Rachel Ruysch | What museums think about climate protests | Apollo Awards 2024
November 2024
Japanese art at the MFA Boston | Christian Marclay | collecting haute couture
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