Olympism: Modern Invention, Ancient Legacy
The Louvre looks at the ancient history that inspired a French aristocrat to create a modern form of the Olympic Games
The Louvre looks at the ancient history that inspired a French aristocrat to create a modern form of the Olympic Games
From the recent history of Timor-Leste to world-building in Bulgaria, this year’s shows present a rich and varied cross-section of contemporary art from around the world
At the age of 65, the artist went to Rome a painter and returned to the United States a sculptor. It wasn’t the first time the city had changed him
An exhibition in Antwerp celebrates the Belgian painter’s cosmic canvases – but it’s the 15th-century artworks hanging nearby that really put his achievements into perspective
The Norwegian painter was referring to Ibsen’s play 'Ghosts' when he painted his dream-like landscape of 1906
Despite the painstaking research that underpins the artist’s work, there’s nothing dry about its outcomes – as visitors to the Canadian Pavilion in Venice will discover
The director of the 2024 Biennale talks to Apollo about the challenges the event faces and why he is sanguine about the changing political tides
The artists may have spoken about voids and infinities, but the market for their work has stayed satisfyingly solid
Now 20 years old, the country house museum in Warwickshire has developed a distinctive approach to collecting – and it’s paying off handsomely
The British-Nigerian artist is exhibiting new and old works at the Serpentine, in his first institutional show in London in two decades
Despite being separated by more than a century, the two photographers shared a distinctly hazy aesthetic
Do digital techniques to enliven familiar paintings help or hinder our understanding of the art at hand?
A new life of the auteur lays bare the obsessiveness behind his films and what it cost everyone around him
In documenting the damage humans have done to the planet, the photographer has created a disturbingly thrilling record of environmental disaster
A rustic painting by Annibale Carracci highlights how the act of eating in art has long been tied to class and status
Artists may distrust intermediaries but it would be more difficult for anyone to get noticed in the art world without them
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art enters a new era, its past decisions are still sending ripples into the present, so what does the future hold?
The godfather of Pop has designed a range of Budweiser cans – and he’s not the only creative type who has taken to drink
In the Turner Prize-winner’s first major show in Scotland in two decades, his sculptures are best viewed at something of a remove
Koen Bulckens of the Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp explains what makes the painter’s portrait of ‘the weeping prophet’ such an emotional tour de force