Explicit intent – the art of shunga in Japan
The display of erotic art from other traditions, be they Greco-Roman or Japanese, should make us think about what it meant to its original audiences
The display of erotic art from other traditions, be they Greco-Roman or Japanese, should make us think about what it meant to its original audiences
The Museu do Oriente in Lisbon looks at Portugal's recent links with the East as well as its longer history in the region
'Nelson, Navy, Nation', a new gallery at the National Maritime Museum, is at its best when it challenges our relationship to its well-worn stories
Ronchini Gallery's exhibition 'Calder & Melotti' hinges on the artist's shared experiences in Spoleto, Italy - but the context is never fully explored
Apollo is deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Sir Anthony Caro, the influential British sculptor who died yesterday at the age of 89
Sabiha Al-Khemir, curator of ‘Nur: Light in Art and Science from the Islamic World’ at the Focus-Abengoa Foundation in Seville, talks to Apollo
Rebecca Morrill discusses her work at the Contemporary Art Society to expand and strengthen public art collections in the North East
The Munch Museum and National Museum in Oslo recently joined forces to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Munch's birth
Catherine Lampert, curator of 'Daumier (1808-1879): Visions of Paris' at the Royal Academy of Arts, talks to Apollo
There are noble ideals (and some interesting artists) at work, but The Other Art Fair and Moniker's crowded display doesn't give the art a chance
Dayanita Singh's exhibition at the Hayward Gallery is curious curatorial blend: archive, library and gallery combined
Geurt Imanse and Bart Rutten, curators of 'Kazimir Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde' at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, talk to Apollo
Too many young dealers view Frieze as the gatekeeper to artistic fame and fortune, and are desperate to come in from the cold
Cloé Pitiot, co-curator of ‘Eileen Gray: Architect Designer Painter’ at IMMA, speaks to Apollo about the inspiration she has drawn from the artist
Gemma Blackshaw, guest curator of 'Facing the Modern: the Portrait in Vienna 1900' at the National Gallery in London, speaks to Apollo
The Hamburger Bahnhof looks at 20th-century attitudes to the future, but didn't foresee some of the problems of its chosen approach
The Whitechapel Gallery celebrates Acme Studios' avant-garde roots, but is it now just urban ruin-porn for London's property developers?
A new Titian is a rare thing indeed; and it certainly looks good enough to be true
Leonora Carrington may be a 'literary painter' and a surrealist storyteller, but we should not forget the formal qualities that underpin her best work
Curators are not ‘pirates who've taken over the ship’ and Waldemar Januszczak should know it