The New North?
If the north of England is to redefine itself as a cultural hub, its funders can't afford to have second thoughts
If the north of England is to redefine itself as a cultural hub, its funders can't afford to have second thoughts
Barry Humphries pays tribute to Lewis Morley, 'one of the finest photographers of his age' and a personal friend
Steven Parissien, director of Compton Verney in Warwickshire, talks to Apollo
When will Italian museums do something to improve their websites?
In this ongoing series, Apollo previews a range of international exhibitions and hears from their curators
At the State Hermitage Museum earlier this summer, I spent some time watching the visitors. Many were in large tour groups and traipsed from room to room, plugged into headsets relaying their local guide’s official three-hour route through the vast collections. Most visitors – of all ages and nationalities, and in tour groups or alone […]
Moore and Rodin make unlikely bedfellows but their pairing at Perry Green results in some fruitful juxtapositions
Early modern visitors to Moscow often brought silver to the tsar – which is why the Kremlin Armoury Museum holds a remarkable collection of pre-Restoration English silver