Apollo

Jenny Saville rethinks the ‘Rubenesque’ at the Royal Academy

‘La Peregrina’ is like a dip in icy water after Rubens’ opulent works

New Horizons: British art and flight

The advent of modern aviation had a decisive influence on the art of British modernists

Discovery of desire: Sade at the Musée d’Orsay

Libertine, criminal, aristocrat, revolutionary, and prolific author – the Marquis de Sade continues to inspire some great art and exhibitions

Muse Reviews: 25 January

The Hudson River School at LACMA; self-portraits at Turner Contemporary; Conscience & Conflict at Pallant House; Poliakoff at Timothy Taylor

The Week’s Muse: 24 January

BRAFA opens in Brussels; Theaster Gates wins the Artes Mundi Prize; art and craft at the NGCA

Book Competition

Vincent Van Gogh: Ever Yours, The Essential Letters

First Look: ‘The Decorator and the Thief (…)’ at the NGCA

I’ve tried to stay away from what most people would expect from a show about craft

Art Outlook: 22 January

Gabriele Finaldi is tipped as the next National Gallery director; Italy recovers looted antiquities; and Luc Tuymans is found to be in breach of copyright

Review: ‘Conscience and Conflict’ at Pallant House Gallery

The Spanish Civil War had a huge impact on the life and work of many British artists

Apollo Event: ‘Modern Figures’ at the London Art Fair, Friday 23 January

What role does the body play in British painting today?

Review: Poliakoff’s late paintings at Timothy Taylor Gallery

Timothy Taylor Gallery presents the first solo UK presentation of the artist’s works in over 50 years

Gallery: ‘Self’ at Turner Contemporary

A selection of self-portraits from Turner Contemporary’s latest show

First Look: ‘Self’ at Turner Contemporary

Van Dyck’s celebrated last self-portrait tours to Margate at the centre of a major exhibition

Artes Mundi: the director’s tour

As we wait to hear the winner of this year’s prize, director Karen MacKinnon discusses the shortlisted works and what they mean to her

East meets West: The Hudson River School at LACMA

The New-York Historical Society has sent a spectacular group of landscape paintings to LACMA this winter

A fine vintage: BRAFA preview

Brafa may have been running for 60 years, but with more international dealers and an ambitious events programme, it continues to raise its game

Muse Reviews: 18 January

‘Unseen’ at the Courtauld Gallery; Blake at the Ashmolean; Moroni at the Royal Academy; and sculptors’ drawings in Boston

The Week’s Muse: 17 January

Rethinking artists’ copyright; an update from Amphipolis; and Limerick’s year of controversy and culture

What’s inside the Amphipolis Tomb?

And what does it mean for our understanding of Graeco-Roman art?

Right or wrong? Is it time to rethink copyright legislation?

In the January issue of Apollo, we asked a range of senior figures for their perspectives on copyright now

Art Outlook: 15 January

Who will restore the Glasgow School of Art? Who’s taking over at TEFAF? How much would you pay for Larry Gagosian’s sushi?

Illuminating and frustrating: William Blake at the Ashmolean Museum

There can be little argument with the quality of the works; but there is, to put it mildly, a lot to take in

In the Frame: Frederick Wiseman

Frederick Wiseman talks to Fatema Ahmed about his new film, National Gallery

Shambles to success: Limerick’s year as debut Irish City of Culture

Mike Fitzpatrick salvaged the programme after its disastrous start, but what’s next for the city?