The Studio Museum is back – and not a moment too soon
After a seven-year closure, the museum’s resistance of easy definitions of ‘Black’ art and its determination to serve the local community couldn’t be more necessary
After a seven-year closure, the museum’s resistance of easy definitions of ‘Black’ art and its determination to serve the local community couldn’t be more necessary
Apollo’s Acquisition of the Year Award commends the best acquisitions of artworks by museums in the past 12 months
A purpose-built home for the university’s vast permanent collection built up over 275 years passes with honours
The Old Master drawings collector has described herself as ‘an undisciplined cockapoo’ when it comes to buying – but each piece must be of the highest calibre
The vast sculpture park in upstate New York is reopening after an ambitious expansion that is planting the seeds of its future success
The ceramics collection of Renato de Albuquerque can now be found in a state-of-the-art centre on a mission to educate and entice the public
With new leadership and restored rooms that haven’t looked this good since the Ancien Régime, the palace is entering a new golden era
This nomadic gallery finally has a permanent home, but can the impressive collection protect it from Poland’s fraught cultural politics?
Though clearly influenced by Caravaggio, the Spanish painter rendered saints and sinners in a ferocious style all of his own
Apollo’s annual celebration of achievements in the art world. The Acquisition of the Year Award commends the best museum acquisitions of the past 12 months
The Museum of West African Art points to a new path for creating an institution from scratch and more imaginative ways of dealing with the colonial past
Plus: National Gallery in London bans liquids, Lisa Schiff pleads guilty to defrauding clients, and Darren Walker is the next president of the NGA in Washington, D.C.
The museum is set to close in 2025, leaving a hole in the city’s arts scene and adding to growing disquiet about its general direction
The art world is changing fast, but fostering a new generation of young collectors remains a challenge for the market to overcome
Amid a narrowing market for Old Masters, paintings from 17th-century Naples are still holding their own
Sarah Purser’s reputation faded after her death, but an exhibition at the Hugh Lane in Dublin is putting her back in the frame
The philanthropist’s pursuits range from collecting Asian art to restoring ruined buildings
A memoir by the friend and business partner of convicted fraudster Inigo Philbrick raises disturbing questions about the art world
Midway through a major refurbishment, the Institute is still managing to thrive at a challenging time for UK museums
There really is something for every kind of collector at Treasure House Fair and London Art Week this summer