The museum director, the culture minister, and more trouble in Brussels
A long-running institutional feud seems to have moved into more a personal phase
A long-running institutional feud seems to have moved into more a personal phase
Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, the leading tribal art collector and international museum patron, has died at the age of 86
The Gilberts wanted these astonishing treasures to be shared and enjoyed. Now, the V&A has given them the showcase they deserve
Kunstmuseum Basel Basel, Switzerland The Kunstmuseum Basel reopened in spring 2016 following a 12-month refurbishment, and to coincide with the unveiling of its highly acclaimed new exhibition building, designed by Christ & Gantenbein at a cost of CHF100 million. Musée Rodin Paris, France The Musée Rodin, housed in the historic Hôtel Biron, reopened in November […]
Stephan Loewentheil has been on a 35-year-long quest to collect and display historic photographs of China
The German collector, who recently launched a new space in Berlin, talks to Apollo about the challenges and rewards of acquiring a young art form
The local argument that sparked an international museum partnership between Belgium's capital and the Centre Pompidou
How Sergei Shchukin brought paintings by the most trailblazing members of the French avant-garde to Russia
Umberto Boccioni's untimely death in 1916 turned him into the tragic hero of Futurism – and helped the artist's reputation flourish abroad
Cambodia's historic temples are some of the most impressive in the world, but there's so much more hidden beneath the forest floor
Representation by a leading gallery can make an artist’s career. But do commercial galleries hold too much sway over contemporary art and artists?
Russia's 19th-century portraitists were more than a match for the exceptional writers and composers they painted. So why is their work so neglected?
With 3,000 new works, a major extension, and an ingenious way of working with collectors, SFMOMA is becoming a modern art museum to rival all others
Valeria Napoleone discusses her unusual collection, and the importance of her relationships with artists
The Museum Boijmans van Beuningen is to store private collections – which is just the sort of collaboration the museum has always thrived on
Max Hollein on the link between the ICA's small but important archival displays, and Baselitz's early paintings at the Städel Museum
The art world has lost one of the most respected scholar-art dealers of the 20th century
The winners of the Apollo Awards 2015 were announced last night at a ceremony at RSA House in London, attended by major figures from the art world
Five of the most important new museum or renovation projects completed in the last 12 months
As the Wadsworth Atheneum reopens, Rachel Cohen considers the legacy of one of its greatest benefactors