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Shells, rocks and follies: the Serpentine Pavilion 2014 responds well to its location

Smiljan Radić’s design sits beautifully within Hyde Park

The Quiet Biennale: the Eighth Berlin Biennale is deliberately introspective

Some exhibitions disappoint by design…

Should photography in museums be allowed?

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The relationship between photography and museums is a vexed one. Do attitudes need to change?

Muse Reviews: 13 July

Gobelins tapestries; Franz West’s strange monsters; Lygia Clark’s body nostalgia; and the 1966 World Cup final…

Diary: June Apollo

Extract from our June Diary by David Saunders, Keeper of Conservation and Scientific Research at the British Museum

Golf in the Gallery: ‘The Art of Golf’ at the Scottish National Gallery

Bored of football? The Scottish National Gallery is turning its attention to another national sport…

The Week’s Muse: 12 July

News and comment from the Muse Room: we’re delighted to announce the judging panel for 40 Under 40, a new supplement…

The Winged Victory of Samothrace is back at the Louvre

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One of the Louvre’s most popular sculptures is back after a 10-month restoration period

Apollo 40 Under 40 Judges Announced

Apollo’s new supplement will feature 40 people below the age of 40 who are making waves in the art world

Deconstructing ‘Jerusalem’: Paul Pfeiffer revisits the 1966 World Cup final

With the World Cup final fast approaching, it’s a good time to reconsider this particular collective myth

Art Outlook: 10 July

Record-breaking sales; the Museum of the Year; Abramovic wears Adidas; and censored pubic hair…

Yorkshire Sculpture Park named Art Fund’s Museum of the Year

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‘A perfect fusion of art and landscape’ the YSP has been named Museum of the Year 2014

Cover Story: July/August Apollo

How many people, in the art world and beyond, are able to distinguish Gilbert Proesch from George Passmore?

Review: ‘The Abandonment of Art’, Lygia Clark at MoMA New York

MoMA has mounted a welcome retrospective of Clark’s challenging and changing art

Review: Franz West: Where is my Eight?

Curator Eva Badura-Triska has managed to preserve the spirit of freedom in the late artist’s work

Present: Marina Abramović at the Serpentine

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What’s it like to be part of Abramović’s latest performance, and part of its documentation?

Not present: Marina Abramović at the Serpentine

Do you have to visit Abramović in London in order to understand her latest work?

First Look: ‘Lichtbilder’ at the Städel Museum

The Städel Museum was the first museum to exhibit photographs. This year, it revisits its archive

Gallery: ‘Lichtbilder’ at the Städel Museum

A few photographic highlights from ‘Lichtbilder’ at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.

Apollo Event: A Closer Look at National Trust Collections (7 July)

Join us at Chelsea Old Town Hall for our latest event with the National Trust

Review: Sumptuous 18th-century tapestries at the Galerie des Gobelins

This display reveals how the Gobelins tapestry manufactory in France flourished through the 18th century

Muse Reviews: 6 July

Scotland’s contemporary GENERATION, London Art Week, and Dan Cruickshank on the BBC: a round-up of reviews and interviews

Small Wonders: Museo Sorolla

A large collection of Joaquín Sorolla’s paintings are still on display in the artist’s old home in Madrid

The Week’s Muse: 5 July

News and comment from the Muse Room: arts funding winners and losers, Scottish contemporary artists, and the women behind abstraction