Losing face – iconoclasm in ancient Rome
The importance of public statuary and portraiture for the Romans is no better demonstrated than in the way images of personae non gratae were destroyed, disfigured or re-carved
The importance of public statuary and portraiture for the Romans is no better demonstrated than in the way images of personae non gratae were destroyed, disfigured or re-carved
The Chilean-born artist talks about his ambivalent attitude towards photography and his utopian feelings about art
Before ‘Big Brother’, there was Biosphere 2 – an experiment in utopian living that left its participants low on food and short of breath
A century after the founding of the Leach Pottery in St Ives, the ‘father of British studio pottery’ remains an influential, if contested, figure
Taken on his road trips across America, the photographer’s images from the 1970s are in a class of their own
What is it like to look at paintings in the flesh after four months of not seeing any art – and hardly any people – at all?
Lockdown may have allowed the museum to fast-forward renovations, but it has also confirmed that the galleries are nothing without the public
This August marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in America
What does it mean to make cinema – and film directors in particular – the subject of museum exhibitions?
The activist, educator and artist discusses a lifetime spent fighting for racial justice – and the role that images can play in this struggle
Photographs by Gordon Parks and a panoramic painting by Dale Lewis feature amid an unusually plentiful offering in London this summer
As museums and galleries in the UK reopen, Apollo’s editors pick out the exhibitions they’re most looking forward to visiting
Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz’s four-volume treatise, newly translated and edited, deserves to be more widely read
The public library has survived and even thrived through historical crises, but how will it recover from the coronavirus pandemic?
The Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy breathed new life into this ancient material in the 1940s – and it’s time it made another comeback
Plus: Roselyne Bachelot named France's new culture minister, outdoor performances to resume in England, and more art news
The shop window has long been a playground for artists – and looks set to be so more than ever in the months ahead
How have art businesses coped with the crisis – and what might they look like post-lockdown?
Rowan Moore and Tamsin Dillon consider how the events of 2020 might transform our relationship with public space
The director of the National Gallery on what visitors can expect when the museum reopens – and how, while it’s been closed, it has been rethinking its relationship with its audience