Nearly 50 years ago, Richard Long transformed a simple walk into a radical act. The artist talks to Apollo about mud and mark-making, his new prints, and why he can’t stop walking
Peder Balke’s sublime paintings of Norway off-set the contemporary artist’s own exploratory work
This may be hard to believe, but not all the best art is in Maastricht this week.
A new show explores the changing character of the garden and its enduring appeal for artists
Highlights from The Queen’s Gallery’s springtime celebration of the art of the garden
Tom Jeffreys reports from Helsinki on Amos Anderson’s plans for a new gallery; Kiasma’s reopening and exhibitions; and Päivi Takala’s paintings of painting
American cantaloupes at the Louvre; Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in Detroit; Feminism and Niki de Saint Phalle
Fire at the Battersea Arts Centre; Why ‘avant-garde’ is a slippery term; and what’s wrong with the BBC’s Big Painting Challenge
The north side of the grade II listed building has been destroyed in a major blaze
It’s now possible to buy exact replications of Van Gogh paintings from the Van Gogh Museum. How are they produced, and why?
Austria to keep a prized Klimt; Gerhard Richter says art is too expensive; and are things looking up for the Warburg Institute?
Is it better to throw in your lot with dozens of other Sunday painters than go to art school?
The genre took a while to catch on in America, but when artists did take up still-life painting they made it their own
Axel Rüger talks to Apollo about the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, an enterprising institution that combines popular appeal with groundbreaking research
The term ‘avant-garde’ has shifted meaning from its military roots to the byword for artistic innovation. How should we apply it to art history?
Giles Hutchinson Smith on Mallett’s long history, moving to Ely House, and his star exhibits at TEFAF
There are fashions in conservation just as in any other aesthetic practice
In one remarkable year, Rivera arguably made his greatest mural cycle and Kahlo forged her own expressive style
Rivera’s monumental murals and Kahlo’s small but powerful paintings at the DIA
Mary Moore vs the YBAs; this month’s most covetable exhibition catalogue; and Alex Katz’s trousers
From shooting pictures to colourful ‘Nanas’, Saint Phalle’s work tackles feminist issues head on
John Gerrard’s bleak vision of technological evolution; photography and human rights; and the forgotten master of still life, Henri de Fromantiou
The iconoclasm of the Islamic State; highlights from TEFAF; the many sides of Paul Durand-Ruel; Britain’s top art school graduates; and the latest museum acquisitions
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