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Pesellino: A Renaissance Master Revealed
The National Gallery in London presents the first major exhibition to be dedicated to the often-overlooked artist
Have single-owner sales had their day?
Mediocre results for the November auctions in New York suggest that the auction-houses have put too many eggs in the same kind of basket
The Venetian painters who opened up a world of new possibilities
The lessons learned by the city’s painters in the 1500s brought about radical new forms of expression
Stage presence – the theatrical paintings of John Lavery
The artist could be a touch wooden at times, but a survey in Dublin shows that his best work is full of theatrical flair
The rise of the Renaissance woman
The flurry of exhibitions focusing on women artists is very welcome – as long as they avoid reinforcing tired old narratives
The best wines of 2023
Apollo’s wine columnist tasted many excellent wines this year, but half a dozen were outstanding
‘I needed a porcelain life’ – Christine Coulson treats a person like a work of art
One Woman Show is a novel about a socialite’s progress through the 20th century, told in the style of wall labels you might find at the Met
A continental breakfast worth tucking into twice
Jean-Étienne Liotard depicted the same scene first in pastel, then 23 years later in oils – and both versions can be savoured for a time at the National Gallery in London
Four things to see: art and nightlife
The seedier side of city life has captured the imaginations of artists throughout the decades
Nicolas de Staël’s art was unpredictable to the end
This long overdue retrospective shows that there was very little Nicolas de Staël coudn’t do as a painter
The fragile idylls of Frank Walter
The Antiguan-born painter spent his final years living off the land, but his scenes of paradise are more complicated than they seem
Under the influence – can social media stars also be market makers?
Cause and effect is hard to pin down, but a certain type of celebrity association does seem to affect the value of a work of art
The art of being Barbra
Barbra Streisand’s doorstopper of a memoir suggests that the real love of the star’s life is the painter Modigliani
The week in art news – entire Documenta selection committee resigns
Plus: Russian artist Aleksandra Skochilenko jailed for seven years for anti-war protest, Joe Tilson (1928–2023), and B.N. Goswamy (1933–2023)
Botticelli Drawings
In San Francisco the Legion of Honor pairs the painter’s masterpieces with their preparatory sketches
How to do things with words – and make art at the same time
At the Henry Moore Institute, artists and poets are hanging on to language for all they’ve got, finding meaning in the spaces between writing and objects
Hockney gets personal at the National Portrait Gallery
The artist has turned his attention to the same five sitters time and again across his 60-year career, to touching effect
Joe Tilson (1928–2023)
In 2018, the British artist looked back with Martin Gayford on Pop art, politics and leaving London for a life in the country
In the studio with… Es Devlin
The multidisciplinary artist begins her work in bed each morning and spends her afternoons cycling to meetings, equipped with two large saddlebags
Lost in fantasy at the British Library
This impressive exhibition takes us through the very long history of a literary genre, but overlooks the part played by artists and illustrators
The London museum that is putting on its war paint
The new art, film and photography galleries at the Imperial War Museum contain many welcome surprises
Artist of the Year
Apollo’s annual celebration of achievements in the art world. The Artist of the Year Award commends the most influential artists of the past 12 months
Book of the Year
Apollo’s annual celebration of achievements in the art world. The Book of the Year Award commends the best new publications of the past 12 months
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