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Serge Poliakoff: Silent Pictures

An exhibition at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is an excellent introduction to Poliakoff’s dynamic yet quiet works

Four Fake Exhibitions

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Is there value in fake art? Several museums and galleries seem to think so, and have mounted exhibitions to prove it

Diary: February Apollo

Extract from our February Diary featuring Diana Campbell Betancourt on the Dhaka Art Summit (7–9 February)

First Look: Brancusi, Rosso, Man Ray

Three great artists, one exhibition: Francesco Stocchi discusses his latest project at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Highlights: Brancusi, Rosso, Man Ray

A slideshow of fascinating works by Brancusi, Rosso and Man Ray at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

TEFAF Talks

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Apollo’s editor Thomas Marks will chair two talks on art and collecting at the RA, on 6 and 13 February

Flowers in the Fitzwilliam Museum

If you happen to pass the Shiba Gallery, a glance into the display room might reveal a species of painting with which you’re unfamiliar

A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography

A selection of photographs from the Getty Center’s latest exhibition

First Look: A Royal Passion at the Getty

A new exhibition at the Getty looks at the early days of photography and the young Queen Victoria’s enduring interest in the medium

Unfortunate Fake

It’s surely the worst possible outcome of Fake or Fortune, to find out you’ve spent a small fortune on a fake you’re not even allowed to keep

Forum: February Apollo

Our February Forum asks ‘Have traditional museum and exhibition catalogues had their day?’

Play Your Cards Right

You may come to the Museum of the Order of St John for its ‘Caravaggio’, but you’ll stay for the rich stories

The Week’s Muse: 1 February

A selection of this week’s musings: Obama on art history, children at the Tate, and curiosities galore…

Small Wonders: Penlee House

6000 years of Cornish history in one museum: Louise Connell introduces Penlee House Gallery & Museum in Penzance

Book Competition

Answer a single question for the chance to win ‘Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime’s Passion’ by Robert Hales

Good Form: Hans Arp at Hauser & Wirth

‘Chance – Form – Language’ is a tight, neatly balanced show at Hauser & Wirth’s Savile Row gallery

Pony Club: Apollo’s pick of horses in art

Happy Chinese New Year

Obama Fails Art History

Barack Obama has nothing against art history, he just doesn’t see the point of it, is the upshot of his talk in Wisconsin yesterday

Well Cut: Hannah Höch at the Whitechapel Gallery

Dada artist Hannah Höch’s witty, feminist work in collage and photomontage is as inspiring as ever

Art Outlook: 30 January

Stories from the art world that have caught our eye this week

Art/Work: Jesus College, Cambridge

I’m fortunate to work in a college with an exceptional art collection…it’s impossible to plan a route to work that doesn’t include one or two gems

Climb Away

Donald Judd sculptures are off limits, but here are some exhibits that people have been allowed to climb on…

Climbing Frames at the Tate

Twitter is up in arms about the parents who allowed their child to climb on a Donald Judd artwork at the Tate Modern. Where were the guards?

An Eye on the India Art Fair

What to expect from this year’s programme, plus co-owner Sandy Angus on the difficult but growing market in India