Queen of suspense – the art of Patricia Highsmith
Thirty years after the novelist's death, Apollo revisits the Ripley creator's close ties to the visual arts
Thirty years after the novelist's death, Apollo revisits the Ripley creator's close ties to the visual arts
The home the writer designed for herself in the hills of Massachusetts is a window on to the shifting tastes of Gilded Age America
Plus Brooklyn Museum to lay off tenth of its workforce | Crypto entrepreneur sues David Geffen for return of Giacometti sculpture | Christie’s withdraws El Greco from sale after Romanian objections
The British Library’s exhibition of women in the Middle Ages who were creative and intellectual pioneers is a red-carpet affair
The Disney star was a marvel of 20th-century industrial production and the Second World War was his finest hour, writes Todd McEwen
Two restored masterpieces – one vast in scale, the other intimate – are being shown together for the first time to give us fresh insights into ‘the first light of Renaissance painting’
Ancient vessels are still highly prized around the world, but Chinese buyers are the most committed collectors today
Plus: Native American painter Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has died at the age of 85 | Dutch police name suspects in theft of Romanian gold
Though clearly influenced by Caravaggio, the Spanish painter rendered saints and sinners in a ferocious style all of his own
Tim Blanning’s masterful biography demonstrates that the despotic ruler of Saxony and Poland was rubbish at war, but had absolutely fabulous taste in art
Artefacts looted by British soldiers from the Asante kingdom in the 19th century can now be seen in Ghana, but are loans from UK museums nearly enough?
In his memoir, the Pope praises masterpieces of Italian neorealism by Vittorio De Sica and Roberto Rossellini – and defends Fellini with some assistance from Pasolini
The scholar’s meticulously preserved apartment in Rome testifies to his passion for all things 19th century, and to how he treated collecting as a form of memoir
A ring collector who became a leading expert in the field of jewellery studies, Scarisbrick always retained a direct, personal approach to the subject
The country has a long and rich history of viticulture, as we can tell from ancient Roman mosaics and its present-day vineyards
Keep an eye out for reissues of novels by Elaine Kraf and Inger Christensen, a literary thriller in which Giorgio Vasari turns detective and Francesca Wade’s biography of Gertrude Stein
While many in the trade will be glad to see the back of 2024, whether the year ahead will be an improvement is completely up in the air
The resurgence of interest in female Renaissance painters has reached the neglected Florentine nun and her workshop
An Austrian museum is hosting a show by an unnamed artist – but perhaps this act of secrecy will help us see the work more clearly
Fashion houses and other high-end brands are keener on art than ever before, but who really benefits from the relationship?