Apollo

Art Imitating Life: Duane Hanson at the Serpentine

Hanson’s lifelike works are perfectly suited to a public gallery space in London’s main park

London Diary

Alexander McQueen’s exquisite tailoring; the Serpentine’s slightly shabby pavilion; Andy Warhol’s money-worship; and Kallos gallery’s exceptional ancient art

Muse Reviews

Exhibition reviews and previews: Bill Viola at Auckland Castle; Pablo Bronstein at Nottingham Contemporary; Joseph Cornell at the Royal Academy

Art Outlook

French culture minister sacks Nicolas Bourriaud; Italy seeks 20 new museum directors; Whitworth wins Museum of the Year award; condom art controversy in Milwaukee

Book Competition

Your chance to win ‘Paul Gauguin: The Mysterious Centre of Thought’, by Dario Gamboni

Is the art market unhealthy?

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Some major art dealers are calling it quits, others have joined forces. Who’s saying what about the changing state of the industry?

Pablo Bronstein on Chatsworth, the Grand Tour and his love of delft

‘There’s an element of me that’s contrarian’

New scheme to get work by female artists into museums

Valeria Napoleone and the Contemporary Art Society are taking a proactive approach to a protracted issue

Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2015: Shortlist

Six museums are in the running for this year’s £100,000 prize. Which would you choose?

Acquisitions of the Month: June 2015

A good month for women artists: works by Louise Bourgeois, Elizabeth Remington, and Anna Vallayer-Coster are acquired for major museums

Auckland Castle’s plan to revive religious art

Having Bill Viola open proceedings this summer is a real coup

Signing up to the Hague Convention will do nothing to stop ISIS

Let’s stop pretending the treaty alone can make a difference

Gallery: The Apollo Party

Apollo celebrated its 90th birthday last night, with a party in London attended by leading figures from the art world

The Problem with Colour: Charles Le Brun between Academy and Gobelins

Colour in 17th-century France was a dirty but essential business

Does the art market need more regulation?

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Recent art market commentary presents a new and unusual crisis: too much money

Market Preview: July/August 2015

A rare work by Lucas Cranach the Elder; a beautiful Bonington, and some exceptional furniture

Letter from Calcutta

Industry never came, but houses and neighbourhoods were destroyed

Is a $179 million Picasso cause for celebration?

The art market bubble continues to rise

Wanderlust: Joseph Cornell finally arrives in Europe

Even finding some of the artist’s fragile works was a challenge

My Masterpiece Selection: Amanda Levete

From Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim to ceramics at the V&A: the architect selects her favourite masterpieces

Muse Reviews

The fashion for copies at the Prada Foundation; Ravilious at the Dulwich Picture Gallery; and interview with Shirin Neshat, and more

My Masterpiece Selection: Anita Zabludowicz

‘My ultimate masterpiece is the home that I have lived in for 15 years’

Copying the classical: Interview with Salvatore Settis

Classical art is a hidden category of our contemporary culture

Classical and contemporary connections: Interview with Germano Celant

The Prada Foundation has no intention of being an ‘ego-museum’