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In the light of Boris Johnson’s resignation, Rakewell examines a leaked invoice supposedly detailing the exquisite interiors of Number 10

Milton Avery

Milton Avery painting

The vivid career of the American colourist takes the spotlight at the Royal Academy

Heidi Bucher: Metamorphoses II

The Swiss sculptor’s varied explorations of bodies in space are the focus at Muzeum Susch

Alex Da Corte

Rubber Pencil Devil (film still; 2019), Alex Da Corte. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek. © Alex Da Corte

The Louisiana hosts the irreverent American artist’s largest European survey to date

Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & Watercolours

The Ashmolean’s impressive holdings of Pre-Raphaelite works reveal the friendships shared by the core members of the movement

The week in art news – Germany transfers ownership of Benin Bronzes

Nigerian Foreign Minister Zubairo Dada at the ceremony in Berlin on 1 July. Photo: Adam Berry/AFP via Getty Images

Plus: the Italian Ministry of Culture asks museums to refrain from selling NFTs

Playing with fire – how rising fuel prices are endangering Murano’s glass industry

glassblowing on the island of Murano

As the cost of gas continues to increase across Europe, the Venetian island’s glassmakers are fighting to preserve a centuries-old tradition

In the studio with… Hew Locke

Hew Locke portrait

The British sculptor keeps haunting relics of the colonial era in his London studio – and soothes himself with audiobooks while he works

The Masterpiece podcast: episode three

Masterpiece [Re]discovery 2022. Photo: Ben Fisher Photography, courtesy of Masterpiece London

This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites

The Masterpiece podcast: episode two

A 19th-century engraving of Jane Austen, likely derived from a portrait of c. 1810 by Cassandra Austen. Photo: Everett Collection Historical/Alamy Stock Photo

An insight into sculpture at this year’s fair, a rediscovered early copy of Austen’s ‘Emma’ and an Italian jeweller’s obsession with Etruria

The week in art news – Sam Gilliam (1933–2022)

Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, and Pace Gallery. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen Studio.

Plus: Daniel H. Weiss is stepping down as president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

NATO’s night out at the Prado

Boris Johnson at the Prado before a dinner of the leaders of NATO member states on 29 June 2022.

Leaders of the alliance’s member countries have a lot on their minds at the moment, but there was still time to look pensive in front of Old Master paintings at this week’s summit

Africa Fashion

Models hold hands during Lagos Fashion Week. Courtesy Lagos Fashion Week; photo: Stephen Tayo

Innovators in African fashion take centre stage in this major exhibition of the continent’s key creatives at the V&A

Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color

Archaic period marble Sphinx (c. 530 B.C). The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Modern technology and ancient sculpture meet to uncover the art of ancient polychromy in the Greek and Roman galleries at the Met

Tony Cragg. Sculpture: Body and Soul

Compound, (2015) Tony Cragg (b. 1949). Photo: Francesco Allegretto; © Tony Cragg / Bildrecht, Wien 2022

The Albertina Museum presents the impressive and diverse work of Tony Cragg in the form of more than 20 of his sculptures

Anatomy: A Matter of Death and Life

The National Museum of Scotland looks back on more 500 years of medical history to determine the effect of anatomical study on society

Acquisitions of the Month: June 2022

Covered box with scene from The Tale of Genji (c. 1895), Ota Jinnoeimon. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. Photo: © 2022 John Bigelow Taylor

An outstanding collection of some 900 Japanese cloisonné enamels is among this month’s highlights

Ground force – the artists who set out to surpass nature

An ambitious exhibition at the Beaux-Arts de Paris considers the mutual rivalry between art and science over the centuries

The Masterpiece podcast: episode one

A Beautiful Despair

Sophie Barling talks to dealers and artists about the works on show at this year’s Masterpiece London fair

What not to miss at Masterpiece

Portrait of Georges de Porto-Riche (detail; 1889), Jacques-Émile Blanche. Robilant + Voena

As the eclectic fair returns to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Apollo picks out four highlights

In the studio with… Emma Talbot

Emma Talbot studio

The British artist keeps long hours and prefers to work alone, listening to the music of Alice Coltrane and Stevie Wonder or lately, the Italian radio

Shining matters – ‘Gold’ at the British Library, reviewed

16th/17th century Qu'ran

A glittering array of objects and manuscripts from around the world shows off the astonishing diversity of the permanent collection

The architect whose greatest achievement was the world’s first miniature village

Wolf's Cove miniature village

Wolf’s Cove, the model village in Gloucestershire designed by Charles Paget Wade, is proof of the architect’s commitment to creating ideal communities

A culinary education – Claudia Roden’s ode to Jewish cuisine

A Jewish family home in Baghdad

Twenty-five years after it was first published, ‘The Book of Jewish Food’ remains an invaluable record of the Jewish diaspora and its manifold culinary traditions