Rankin’s Great British Photography Challenge is too polite for its own good
The TV competition series is billed as a ‘masterclass’ – and none of the contestants will be booted off until the finale. Where’s the fun in that?
The TV competition series is billed as a ‘masterclass’ – and none of the contestants will be booted off until the finale. Where’s the fun in that?
Modern masters from Joseph Cornell to Paul Klee have produced works expressly for children, writes Ben Street – but perhaps all great art is a type of child’s play?
A new biography of the British painter has a fine sense of his precocious talent – and real feeling for his rakish charm
Mars has never seemed closer, with rovers spamming us with photos from its surface
The contents of the late scientist’s office are heading to the Science Museum in London – and it’s not the first workspace to be preserved in this way
The Palazzo Vendramin Grimani has opened with a display that reunites some of the paintings it was once home to – plus a helping of contemporary art
An early commission by the painter for a public theatre in Rijeka is the subject of a major display in the city this summer
Stolen objects include the rosary that Mary, Queen of Scots took to her execution
The Iraqi-American artist talks to Apollo about making an anti-war memorial in Margate – and about ‘problem-solving and trouble-making’ with his art
Oriel College, Oxford has decided not to remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes – the imperialist businessman, politician and philanthropist – that stands in a niche on its facade. The decision, announced yesterday, accepts the recommendations made by an independent commission regarding greater diversity and equality within the college. However, it cites ‘the regulatory and […]
Having picked up the paintbrush for film roles, the actor found that he couldn't stop painting – and he now has a solo show of his own
Even if the Cerne Abbas giant is Anglo-Saxon, that doesn't make it pagan – after all, Christians were no prudes in those days
This wide-ranging book explores how women artists used self-portraiture to establish themselves in a man’s world
The first survey show dedicated to the ‘Queen of Bohemia’ presents a flamboyant figure who was single-minded about her art
The meticulous attention to Chinese decorative arts is as great a draw as the court intrigue in ‘Story of Yanxi Palace’
Apollo’s editors pick out the museum shows that they’re most looking forward to visiting in coming weeks
A band of dynamic dinosaurs is arriving in the UK this summer – but will they be a match for the Victorian sculptures at Crystal Palace Park?
Toys aren’t just for children, at least if a 250-year-old musical elephant at the grandest house in Buckinghamshire is anything to go by
In her portraits of imaginary people, the artist conjures a world that feels joyfully real
Archie Brennan was a committed craftsman with a fondness for optical illusions and a strong idealistic streak