The pared-down poses of Aristide Maillol
The Musée d’Orsay’s survey of the French sculptor is admirably thorough, but his art was more modern than we’re often led to believe
The Musée d’Orsay’s survey of the French sculptor is admirably thorough, but his art was more modern than we’re often led to believe
The American artist's studio is split across two rooms – an office and an atelier – in her apartment in Berlin. It is a space ruled by harmony, she says.
The Getty Center in Los Angeles explores how the Middle Ages have influenced everything from Harry Potter to Game of Thrones
They're now little more than popular amusements – but with their discomfiting realism, wax effigies were once considered fit for royalty
The subject of football and all its attendant paraphernalia makes for a surprisingly joyful exhibition
The monetary value of preparatory studies was slight in the Renaissance – but for the ideas they contained, they were worth their weight in gold
As the country prepares for a blowout, Rakewell takes a look at some of the more peculiar ways in which people are marking the occasion
The artist tells Apollo how his new film for the Barnes Foundation weaves together restitution debates with the history of the Harlem Renaissance
As the Manhattan skyline keeps getting higher, the quality of the skyscrapers crowding the horizon seems to be getting lower and lower
Christians in the Middle Ages believed that there was no bad weather in paradise after the Creation and before the Fall of Man
The artist’s true genius lay in the superhuman pace with which he mastered new styles
Once a renowned dealer in Old Master drawings, Bellinger’s own collection includes all kinds of works on paper and oils – and she’s committed to sharing what she has
The Met’s new survey reveals a more dramatic, more political side to the American painter
A completely overlooked painting, left out of the artist’s catalogue raisonné, makes the case for an unexpectedly messier and much more interesting career
With a new book dedicated to William Kent's Houghton Hall ceilings, Apollo takes a closer look at the depiction of Venus in the Green Velvet Drawing Room
A triumphant survey at Tate Britain – the largest in 30 years – revels in the British artist’s painterly games
Carmen Giménez, the curator of an upcoming exhibition in Basel, talks to Apollo about the modernist’s lifelong debt to the Old Master
As the Hague-based institution celebrates its 200th anniversary, museum director Martine Gosselink discusses its heritage and plans for the future
The gallery’s gloomy dining room is now a thing of the past. The restaurant has an elegant new look and menu to match
Artists have long embraced playful behaviour – not just as a form of creative release, but also as a way of dealing with conflict and taboo