The best wines of 2023
Apollo’s wine columnist tasted many excellent wines this year, but half a dozen were outstanding
Apollo’s wine columnist tasted many excellent wines this year, but half a dozen were outstanding
<i>One Woman Show</i> is a novel about a socialite’s progress through the 20th century, told in the style of wall labels you might find at the Met
Jean-Étienne Liotard depicted the same scene first in pastel, then 23 years later in oils – and both versions can be savoured for a time at the National Gallery in London
The seedier side of city life has captured the imaginations of artists throughout the decades
This long overdue retrospective shows that there was very little Nicolas de Staël coudn’t do as a painter
Frances Morris
The Antiguan-born painter spent his final years living off the land, but his scenes of paradise are more complicated than they seem
Cause and effect is hard to pin down, but a certain type of celebrity association does seem to affect the value of a work of art
Barbra Streisand’s doorstopper of a memoir suggests that the real love of the star’s life is the painter Modigliani
Plus: Russian artist Aleksandra Skochilenko jailed for seven years for anti-war protest, Joe Tilson (1928–2023), and B.N. Goswamy (1933–2023)
In San Francisco the Legion of Honor pairs the painter’s masterpieces with their preparatory sketches
At the Henry Moore Institute, artists and poets are hanging on to language for all they’ve got, finding meaning in the spaces between writing and objects
The artist has turned his attention to the same five sitters time and again across his 60-year career, to touching effect
In 2018, the British artist looked back with Martin Gayford on Pop art, politics and leaving London for a life in the country
The multidisciplinary artist begins her work in bed each morning and spends her afternoons cycling to meetings, equipped with two large saddlebags
This impressive exhibition takes us through the very long history of a literary genre, but overlooks the part played by artists and illustrators
The new art, film and photography galleries at the Imperial War Museum contain many welcome surprises
Apollo’s annual celebration of achievements in the art world. The Artist of the Year Award commends the most influential artists of the past 12 months
Apollo’s annual celebration of achievements in the art world. The Book of the Year Award commends the best new publications of the past 12 months
Photographers have long used their medium to document pressing social issues and overlooked communities