Past Issue
March 2015
This March, Apollo previews TEFAF Maastricht, and features articles on Louis XIV’s cultural legacy, Irish art in US collections, and the tradition of depicting trompe l’oeil curtains in painting. Susan Moore meets Jan Six X; Jon Day talks to Richard Long; and Louise Nicholson talks to Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson about the evolution of their post-war American art holdings. Plus, Gavin Stamp on humour in architecture, and Emma Crichton-Miller on the market for Persian rugs. Preview the issue below.
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March 2025
How to give back looted objects | An interview with Alex Da Corte | Versailles enters the 21st century
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
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