One of history’s most mysterious political paintings might hold lessons for our own time – if we could make out the meaning
A personal tally of finding the magazine’s readers in films, television and fiction – and among the Rolling Stones
Depictions of Christ’s ascent to heaven often manage to be both deadly serious and upliftingly silly
It was the painter’s misfortune to be surrounded by writers whose accounts of her have been too dominant for too long
The French artist believed in his paintings being stylistically uniform and infinitely replicable – an idea that, a century on, has not done him any favours
In Paris, the American writer and her siblings were early patrons of the likes of Matisse and Picasso, making their Left Bank apartment a magnet for art lovers
Though museums use them to provide more information, QR codes can conceal as much as they reveal
Collectors of ceramics marking great battles, royal weddings and even Acts of Parliament are rare but dedicated
Nestled just south of the Pyrenees, Bodega Otazu is home to its very own ‘Catedral del Vino’, as well as a 2,000-strong collection of contemporary art
A look back at Apollo’s commercial pages through the decades reveals shifts in consumer tastes – as well as some distinctly quirky offerings
This magazine’s first home, the Adelphi was both a neoclassical triumph and a financial disaster for ‘Bob the Roman’
Plus: lost Mayan city discovered in Guatemala, and investment company set to buy Artnet and take it private
High fashion meets fine art for the first time in an exhibition at the Paris museum. With so much to see, it‘s hard to know where to look
On 18 June, you can eat in a Twin Peaks’-themed diner, see David Lynch’s art in Prague – and bid on the director’s very own coffee machine
The V&A tells the story of how disabled, deaf and neurodivergent people have shaped and inspired modern design over the last 80 years
In Berlin, the Alte Nationalgalerie’s restaging of a 1905 exhibition in Paris shows how both artists were developing their own sculptural languages
Salzburg’s DomQuartier presents portraits by painters who were forced to get more creative after the advent of photography
The artist pairs her paintings of eerily abstracted faces and bodies with archaeological objects from the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens
‘Feel the Sound’ makes imaginative use of the brutalist building to convey the power of sound, but sometimes silence can be just as effective
To commemorate the anniversary of the death of Peter Paul Rubens, who frequently depicted mythological characters, we look at four artworks that bring classical tales to life
The Old Master was hardly alone among his contemporaries in being partial to a glass – or a bottle – of red
Recent denials that the department for culture, media and sport is for the chop don’t address the problem of its glaring lack of purpose
The artist talks to Apollo about how paint can conceal any number of mysteries in a seemingly straightforward portrait
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