The Victorian chapel designed by a high priest of colour
William Burges’s transformation of the chapel of Worcester College in Oxford doubles as an all-out assault on the senses and a scathing critique of the previous architect
William Burges’s transformation of the chapel of Worcester College in Oxford doubles as an all-out assault on the senses and a scathing critique of the previous architect
When it comes to Belgian Surrealism, Magritte still leads the pack – but collectors’ tastes are begin to broaden
This year’s edition of the Brussels fair is full of dreamlike offerings from new exhibitors and stalwarts of the event alike
After a period of mediocre post-pandemic growth, what will the next year bring? Apollo’s columnist peers through the mists to make some predictions
Work by the artist who painted herself as a sex goddess sits uneasily within the category of feminist art – and is all the better for being discomforting
Two hundred years after the painter’s death, his work still has the power to shock and his life remains shrouded in mystery
After the demolition of some of Chicago’s best architecture, what lies in store for postmodernist landmark the James R. Thompson Center now that Google owns it?
What constitutes a delicacy has changed over the centuries, but dining on camel is still a rare luxury
The painter’s final months in the care of Dr Paul-Ferdinand Gachet, a physician as interested in art as he was in medicine, were an extraordinarily productive period
A briny, brawny late work by Maine’s favourite modernist finds strength in stoic silence
Daniel Arsham has distilled centuries of history into his design for a bottle for Moët & Chandon’s new cuvée
Christine Sciacca of the Walters Art Museum explains how a processional icon of surprisingly modern design was made and what it means
Taking photographs as a starting point, the artist unearths the hidden connections between European colonialism and modern-day Africa
What did Agnes Martin, Ellsworth Kelly and Lenore Tawney have in common? They all lived cheek by jowl in a wharfside district of Manhattan
The painter is in no need of rediscovery at home, but her painstaking depictions of everyday life deserve to be better known abroad
Stephanie Barczewski’s book considers how stately homes have evolved according to the needs of their owners and wider changes in society
The westward spread of modernist design between the wars was shaped by the migrant experience
An exhibition at the Cinémathèque française doesn’t shy away from the film-maker’s political side
The Antiguan-born painter spent his final years living off the land, but his scenes of paradise are more complicated than they seem