As it celebrates its half century, the brutalist landmark on London’s South Bank still provokes and delights
Jan-Werner Müller’s new book explores the question of how we might design truly democratic spaces, but perhaps the answer lies in our own behaviour
The vibrant modern and contemporary fair is showing no signs of slowing down
Ancient fossils and skeletons are big business in the auction market, but there are plenty of ethical challenges to dig in to
From early atlases of the Americas to the oldest surviving town plan of London, interest in important significant maps is spreading
In everyday language, the term ‘curated’ suggests an element of falsehood rather than care. What can this tell us about the curator’s role in art?
As AI continues to seep into the art world – from the market to the making – we should remember what makes it special in the first place: humans
The Soho restaurant, which shares a building with Literary Review, has – pleasingly – refused to change with the times
The artist’s bold work arrived with a bang, but the American Pop artist was also responding to earlier revolutions
Cultural heritage has long suffered neglect in a country battered by violence and deprivation. Since the Taliban took over, things have got even more complicated
From Mary Cassatt in Paris to Sienese bronzes at the Frick, here’s our list of must-see museum shows in October
What to see in Regent’s Park as the art world descends on London this month
As Frieze arrives in London, here are four eye-catching museum shows to see while you’re in the city
At the Kotsanas Museum on Crete, robot butlers and other remarkable ancient inventions are brought to life
The Buckinghamshire house was donated to the nation more than a century ago. A former curator gives Apollo’s readers a tour
Seventeen bottles of Balvenie’s whisky come in a sculptural case designed by the artist Daniel Arsham
From YBAs and Shoreditch parties to mega collectors and the making of Tate Modern, the 1990s was a decade of daring and decadence
University College London holds the largest collection of works by the sculptor John Flaxman. Both his plaster models for funerary monuments and his gestural drawings show why, 200 years after the artist’s death, his reputation is due a revival
A ‘loop’ painting by the American minimalist is a record of artistic paths not travelled
The Jacquemart-André presents the artist as an intellectually adventurous figure whose concerns are still challenging painters and viewers today
The Wiener Werkstätte closed in 1932 and the lives of the Jewish women who powered it were upturned or destroyed by the Nazis, but the optimism of their art is irrepressible
The great American poet’s art collection was guided by idiosyncracy more than style or genre, as this exhibition at the Morgan reveals
The French artist was as successful as a woman of her time could be – and her paintings display a quietly competitive attitude towards her male peers