Apollo

Cover Story: April Apollo

Our April cover features a photograph of Matisse. He is ensconced in cut-out design, intent on working the line

More art discovered in Cornelius Gurlitt’s home

Gurlitt’s extraordinary cache of art, much of which is being investigated as possible Nazi loot, is bigger than we thought – again

In Pursuit of an Idea: Camille Henrot at Chisenhale Gallery

French artist Camille Henrot’s first solo UK exhibition at Chisenhale Gallery is like asking a question and receiving a million answers

Mothering Sunday

A selection of images of some of the best mothers in art

Muse Reviews: 30 March

A round-up of the week’s reviews: Paris, paintings, and two very different types of print

BLAST: Wyndham Lewis and Vorticism, 100 years on

Launched just months before the outbreak of war, Vorticism was ill-timed and short-lived. But it’s a vital chapter in the history of British art

Art, Architecture and Sustainability

The Architecture Foundation’s latest display looks at models of sustainability in architecture. Are visual artists keeping up?

The Week’s Muse: 29 March

Maurice Davies on museum funding, Daisy Dunn on Pompeii’s stolen fresco, and other stories from the Muse Room this week

Grayson Perry wins 25th Critics’ Circle Annual Award

Grayson Perry is the first visual artist to receive the honour. He must be getting used to making that claim.

Book Competition

‘Art and the Religious Image in El Greco’s Italy’ gives an insight into one of most notoriously misunderstood painters of all time

I Cheer a Dead Man’s Sweetheart at the De La Warr Pavilion

A winningly eccentric exhibition of contemporary painting

A Little Gay History (abridged): the British Museum and China

The museum omitted Chinese artefacts from a history of homosexuality

Art Outlook: 28 March

Announcements from the Venice Biennale, Manifesta 10 and Documenta, plus other art world stories from the past week

14-18 NOW announces First World War Centenary Commissions

This morning, UK Culture Secretary Maria Miller introduced a new series of commemorative arts commissions

Does the UK need more Cultural Gifts?

The UK government’s Cultural Gifts Scheme is a nice idea, but most museums already have more work than they know what to do with

Beyond Painting: ‘Renaissance Impressions’ at the RA

The chiaroscuro woodcut prints in this exhibition are technically brilliant and visually beautiful. The only thing they lack here is context

Essl Sells: should Austria acquire the Essl Collection?

Entrepreneur Karlheinz Essl hopes to sell his private collection to Austria, to save 4000 jobs at his company

Charles Marville and the Urban Sublime

Marville found glimpses of the Romantic sublime in Haussmann-era Paris. His photographs at the Met are not to be missed

Designs of the Year 2014

Highlights from the upcoming ‘Designs of the Year 2014’ exhibition at the Design Museum, London

Salon du Dessin: March Apollo

In Apollo’s March issue we previewed Salon du Dessin, which opens tomorrow at the Palais de la Bourse, Paris

Affected Taste: William Kent at the V&A

How do you like your Georgians? William Kent’s designs come with a liberal coating of gilt

TEFAF 2014: Top Sales

Some of the top sales from this year’s TEFAF Maastricht

TEFAF 2014 Showcase

What does it mean to be selected for TEFAF’s yearly Showcase of promising new galleries?

On the Stolen Pompeii Fresco

The theft of part of a minor fresco in Pompeii is not in itself a huge loss, but it highlights wider security and conservation issues