The week in art news – UK government promises £1.57bn emergency funding for arts sector
Plus: Roselyne Bachelot named France's new culture minister, outdoor performances to resume in England, and more art news
Plus: Roselyne Bachelot named France's new culture minister, outdoor performances to resume in England, and more art news
The shop window has long been a playground for artists – and looks set to be so more than ever in the months ahead
How have art businesses coped with the crisis – and what might they look like post-lockdown?
Rowan Moore and Tamsin Dillon consider how the events of 2020 might transform our relationship with public space
The director of the National Gallery on what visitors can expect when the museum reopens – and how, while it’s been closed, it has been rethinking its relationship with its audience
The encounter between Mary Magdalene and the risen Christ has challenged the artists who have chosen to represent it
While Apollo’s roving correspondent is more than ready to go to the pub, he can’t help wondering if it will all end in Hogarthian tears
From 3 to 10 July the galleries of Mayfair and St James’s are putting on physical and digital displays to appeal to dedicated connoisseurs and casual browsers alike
The role of leading Anglo-Jewish figures in the development of the fledgling museum deserves to be better known
Remembering the graphic designer, who has died at the age of 91, through three of his most memorable designs
These modern monsters may look lonely, but they’re familiar figures – descendants of the Parisian beasts of Viollet-le-Duc and Charles Meryon
A short-lived retrospective at the Met Breuer revelled in the German artist’s formal inventiveness – and his long engagement with history
A development that would have impinged on Tower Bridge has landed Robert Jenrick in hot water – so Rakewell digs up some classic views of the landmark
The pandemic has made existing problems in arts funding only too apparent. How can museums safeguard their futures?
Philip Hewat-Jaboor, chairman of Masterpiece London, and Tibetan art specialist Alice S. Kandell on spending more time with objects
Should we see the painter as a Renaissance feminist or as a product of her upbringing?
A documentary about the unlikely friendship between an artist and the man who stole her work raises tantalising questions about image-making and ownership
A recent display at MoMA revealed the unexplored depths of an artist whose work sometimes seems all surface
Virtual viewing rooms, video tours and private Zoom meetings – here’s what to expect from Masterpiece Online
The statue of George Eliot in Nuneaton has attracted some unlikely ‘defenders’