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The Belgian Surrealists who are starting to gain on Magritte

When it comes to Belgian Surrealism, Magritte still leads the pack – but collectors’ tastes are begin to broaden

23 Jan 2024

Shore thing – the artists who flourished on the New York waterfront

What did Agnes Martin, Ellsworth Kelly and Lenore Tawney have in common? They all lived cheek by jowl in a wharfside district of Manhattan

22 Jan 2024

Spiderman swings into action at auction

After the sale of the first The Amazing Spider-Man’ comic for $1.4m, Rakewell suggests that when it comes to the big screen, Marvel should tap into its spidey-sense again

21 Jan 2024

Weird Barbies and other unheavenly bodies – Anu Poder at the Muzeum Susch, reviewed

The Estonian artist stretched materials to their limit to create wonderfully distressed and disturbing sculptures

19 Jan 2024

Boxwood miniatures, in a nutshell

William Theiss takes a close look at the pocket-sized sculptures that 15th-century pilgrims thought perfect for private reverie

17 Jan 2024

French art deco is still in the ascendant in New York

After a mid-century dip in enthusiasm, the demand for exceptional pieces of design seems irrepressible

16 Jan 2024

Whose imperial majesty? – ‘South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain’ at the MK Gallery, reviewed

When it comes to miniatures, size doesn’t matter, but a show of historic and contemporary works should spark a bigger colonial conversation

12 Jan 2024

The V&A is a much better home for this medieval sculpture than the Met

A 12th-century walrus ivory will head to the Met unless a UK institution can find £2m by February – but the sculpture really should stay where it is

12 Jan 2024

The doctor who was devoted to Van Gogh

The painter’s final months in the care of Dr Paul-Ferdinand Gachet, a physician as interested in art as he was in medicine, were an extraordinarily productive period

12 Jan 2024

The finest hours of Catherine of Cleves

Diane Wolfthal discusses the dizzying visions of heaven and hell to be found in a medieval prayer book at the Morgan Library

10 Jan 2024

The Olympic Games, a city built on sand, and a painful divorce – the year ahead in architecture

With Paris preparing to play host, Neom remaining elusive and London landmarks undergoing major changes, 2024 will be nothing if not interesting

10 Jan 2024

Rocks of all ages: a guide to collecting marble, reviewed

Jan Christian Sepp’s guide to the visual and geological properties of marble will whet the appetite of the modern readers too

9 Jan 2024

All at sea – the anxious mariners of Marsden Hartley

A briny, brawny late work by Maine’s favourite modernist finds strength in stoic silence

8 Jan 2024

A collector with a nose for fine wine and fine art

Henning Hoesch is a winemaker with a habit of making distinctions that extends to his collection of Old Master drawings

5 Jan 2024

The museum openings not to miss in 2024

Notre Dame is to reopen, the Frick Collection is returning to Fifth Avenue and Scotland celebrates a pair of new or improved institutions

5 Jan 2024

The birth of Impressionism and the centenary of Surrealism – major art anniversaries in 2024

The marking of two seminal movements and a year-long celebration of Caspar David Friedrich combine scholarly heft with popular appeal

3 Jan 2024

What’s in store for the art market in 2024?

After a period of mediocre post-pandemic growth, what will the next year bring? Apollo’s columnist peers through the mists to make some predictions

2 Jan 2024

Building Indian modernism in Ahmedabad

The Sarabhai family were great patrons of modernist architecture in the city – and Gira Sarabhai’s contribution in particular deserves to be better known

1 Jan 2024

At the Kennel Club: the world’s largest collection of doggy art

The Mayfair institution contains scores of paintings of dogs who had jobs and some rather more pampered pets

18 Dec 2023

The magnificent art of Marisol

The Pop sculptor shot to fame in the 1960s, but her determination not to be pigeonholed confounded many critics

15 Dec 2023

The changing face of beauty through the ages

The Wellcome Collection’s sprawling show has a lot in common with a busy department store and proves that the beauty industry can be an exhausting business

15 Dec 2023

The repeat performances of Robert Ryman

The artist painted countless variations of a white square, but repetitive strain was never really an issue

8 Dec 2023

Cosmetic surgery – a Stuart beauty is restored to her natural state

The retouching of Diana Cecil’s portrait has drawn comparisons with the enhancements of Kylie Jenner – but it says more about changing beauty standards

8 Dec 2023
Shane MacGowan in 1997. Photo: Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images

Shane MacGowan and the most famous shipwreck in art

The Pogues frontman and the Romantic painter are forever linked by a classic album cover – and much more besides

5 Dec 2023