What has gone wrong at the Museum of West African Art?
Violent protests marred the opening of the first exhibition at the new museum in Benin City – and too many people seem to have ignored the warning signs
Violent protests marred the opening of the first exhibition at the new museum in Benin City – and too many people seem to have ignored the warning signs
Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny’s landmark history of the afterlife of classical sculpture has been refreshed to give it even more longevity
The photographer, who has died at the age of 73, always insisted that he was capturing his subjects as they really were
Computers and conceptual art haven’t killed more traditional forms of expertise and appreciation yet
While there’s plenty to enjoy in Dan Cruickshank’s new history of the English house, which goes up to 1926, it’s clear that the author feels most at home in the 18th century
Plus: four more arrests made over Louvre heist and Philadelphia Art Museum accuses fired former director of awarding herself unauthorised pay rises
The 400th anniversary of the death of an artist who was hugely acclaimed in her lifetime is going mainly unmarked by museums – which means that devotees have their work cut out to see her paintings in person
Glass in hand, Apollo’s wine correspondent ponders the link between wine and philosophy
As the prospect of restored state support becomes ever more distant, Britain’s museums are turning to US-style fundraising. But can this benefit more than just a handful of London institutions?
The band has teamed up with Pantone to unveil a brand new colour, which reminds Rakewell of other musicians who have toyed with tints
Plus: Hauser & Wirth has been charged with selling luxury goods to Russia, and the sacked director of the Philadelphia Art Museum is suing for unfair dismissal
The British Council has been crippled by conditions attached to an emergency Covid loan. What will happen to the art collection that is one of its best ambassadors?
Work by late 20th-century and contemporary Chinese artists has been throwing up surprises recently
A century ago, Alexander Tamanyan devised a startling layout for the Armenian capital. Despite changes in regime and fashion, his vision has endured
Plus: Getty Images has lost a landmark case against an AI image generator; and Sasha Suda, CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum, has been fired
Frick Collection, New York
Plus: the White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts; and a US climate protestor has been sentenced to 18 months in prison
The dissolution of certainties about American power now has its perfect visual emblem – in the form of bulldozers reducing part of the White House to rubble
An exhibition in Vienna confirms the baroque artist’s status as a great painter
Apollo’s Book of the Year Award commends the best new publications of the past 12 months