British Museum sets out plans for a revamp
Art news daily: 4 July
Art news daily: 4 July
The Musée d'arts de Nantes reveals its new extension and rehangs its collection, making seamless connections between past and present
The National Gallery of Ireland's six-year-long refurbishment gives its Old Masters and Irish paintings a chance to shine
In the last few years LA’s art scene has grown immeasurably. But as rents rise and experimental spaces get priced out, is LA’s arrival on the international art stage worth it?
Art News Daily : 11 May
A portrait of the singer-songwriter has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in London
This month's exhibition highlights include a major Rodin centenary exhibition and the National Gallery's pairing of Michelangelo and Sebastiano del Piombo
Désiré Feuerle talks to Apollo about his collection of Asian and contemporary art and its unusual underground home
A long-running institutional feud seems to have moved into more a personal phase
Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, the leading tribal art collector and international museum patron, has died at the age of 86
The Gilberts wanted these astonishing treasures to be shared and enjoyed. Now, the V&A has given them the showcase they deserve
Kunstmuseum Basel Basel, Switzerland The Kunstmuseum Basel reopened in spring 2016 following a 12-month refurbishment, and to coincide with the unveiling of its highly acclaimed new exhibition building, designed by Christ & Gantenbein at a cost of CHF100 million. Musée Rodin Paris, France The Musée Rodin, housed in the historic Hôtel Biron, reopened in November […]
Stephan Loewentheil has been on a 35-year-long quest to collect and display historic photographs of China
The German collector, who recently launched a new space in Berlin, talks to Apollo about the challenges and rewards of acquiring a young art form
The local argument that sparked an international museum partnership between Belgium's capital and the Centre Pompidou
How Sergei Shchukin brought paintings by the most trailblazing members of the French avant-garde to Russia
Umberto Boccioni's untimely death in 1916 turned him into the tragic hero of Futurism – and helped the artist's reputation flourish abroad
Cambodia's historic temples are some of the most impressive in the world, but there's so much more hidden beneath the forest floor
Representation by a leading gallery can make an artist’s career. But do commercial galleries hold too much sway over contemporary art and artists?
Russia's 19th-century portraitists were more than a match for the exceptional writers and composers they painted. So why is their work so neglected?