Apollo

Darkness Visible

‘Paul Klee: Making Visible’ at Tate Modern is rigorous but incurably serious – is it the right setting for such complex and colourful work?

PAD Dealer’s Choice: Richard Nagy

Richard Nagy, one of the exhibitors at PAD London this week, speaks to Apollo

Art on the Mind

‘Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present’ at the Freud Museum is powerfully unsettling

PAD Dealer’s Choice: David Ghezelbash

David Ghezelbash, one of the exhibitors at PAD London this week, speaks to Apollo

Catalogue Photography

Dayanita Singh’s exhibition at the Hayward Gallery is curious curatorial blend: archive, library and gallery combined

PAD Dealer’s Choice: Martin Levy

This week, Apollo hears from some of the exhibitors at PAD London (16–20 October), starting with Martin Levy of H. Blairman & Sons

All American

MoMA dusts off some treasures in an attempt to prove that there is no ‘problem’ with its American collection

First Look: Malevich

Geurt Imanse and Bart Rutten, curators of ‘Kazimir Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde’ at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, talk to Apollo

The Stuff of Dreams

‘The Renaissance and Dream’ at the Musée du Luxembourg is nothing short of miraculous

S is for Spin-Off

Damien Hirst’s ABC book is cynical and culturally pointless, but it might just make a valuable impression regardless

Small Wonders: Abbot Hall

Helen Watson, director of exhibitions and collections at the Abbot Hall Art Gallery, speaks to Apollo

Iconoclasm Today

Tate Britain’s ‘Art Under Attack’ fails to address acts of contemporary iconoclasm, such as the destruction of the Chartist Mural in Wales

Friezing Outside

Too many young dealers view Frieze as the gatekeeper to artistic fame and fortune, and are desperate to come in from the cold

First Look: Eileen Gray

Cloé Pitiot, co-curator of ‘Eileen Gray: Architect Designer Painter’ at IMMA, speaks to Apollo about the inspiration she has drawn from the artist

Frida y…

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera make awkward companions at a nonetheless important Paris exhibition

Made in Stoke

The Spode factory in Stoke-on-Trent may have closed in 2008, but the British Ceramics Biennial looks to the future of the medium

18th-century Envy

Several displays of 18th-century art have opened recently. What’s behind the current interest in this elegant era?

Bronze Blunders

The standard of Ireland’s latest clutch of public statues ranges from poor to dreadful

Red Alert

Syrian cultural artefacts are at risk from looting and illicit trade. ICOM’s Red List is one of the measures that might prevent their disappearance

Park to Pompidou

Pierre Huyghe’s work isn’t made for a gallery space, but an exhibition at the Centre Pompidou brings it inside anyway

First Look: Facing the Modern

Gemma Blackshaw, guest curator of ‘Facing the Modern: the Portrait in Vienna 1900’ at the National Gallery in London, speaks to Apollo

Best is Yet to Come

The Hamburger Bahnhof looks at 20th-century attitudes to the future, but didn’t foresee some of the problems of its chosen approach

Acme Corporation

The Whitechapel Gallery celebrates Acme Studios’ avant-garde roots, but is it now just urban ruin-porn for London’s property developers?

It’s a Keeper

The Keeper’s House at the Royal Academy has opened, boasting tasteful dining rooms, a geisha-girl bar and a secret garden…