In Oslo, the mammoth new Munch museum is a surprisingly joyful affair
The vast waterfront complex is a fitting emblem of the painter’s outsized importance to the city
The vast waterfront complex is a fitting emblem of the painter’s outsized importance to the city
The Transcendental Painting Group in New Mexico was sidelined for its esoteric beliefs, but its members are slowly entering the mainstream
As the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. celebrates its centenary, the museum is also looking firmly to the future
A carved-wood falcon linked to Anne Boleyn and wall paintings in Hertfordshire and Yorkshire are exciting discoveries for our understanding of Tudor England
The Dutch painter already knew the majority of the sitters in his lively portraits of merchants and dignitaries – and it shows
Kehinde Wiley
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In 2018, the Lebanese–American painter and poet talked to Apollo about her love of California and the difference between her painting and writing
The British artist has consistently used film as a means of making a statement about painting. But now her chosen medium is urgently in need of saving
Alice Neel: People Come First Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 22 March–1 August In around 100 paintings, drawings and watercolours the largest retrospective of Neel’s work in New York – and the first in 20 years – argued for her as one of the great American painters of the 20th century. The artist’s urgent, […]
A Biographical Dictionary of English Architecture, 1540–1640 Mark Girouard Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art The eminent architectural historian’s compendium of the people who created English architecture between 1540 and 1640 includes entries about master craftsmen, designers, surveyors and patrons. It is, astonishingly, the first book of its kind. Francis Bacon: Revelations Mark […]
The director of the Kunstmuseum Bern and the Zentrum Paul Klee picks out her highlights in two of Switzerland’s most charming cities
Luxury brands are certainly contributing to the conservation of Venice – but massive advertisements on historic buildings are starting to spoil the views
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Pope Francis seems to be a fan of contemporary art – and he’s hardly the first pontiff to have encouraged the latest artistic developments
Rebecca Birrell’s absorbing book asks us to look beneath the surface of work by women artists – but perhaps a rose sometimes really is just a rose?
The novelist revered Raphael’s Sistine Madonna – and Holbein’s Dead Christ almost induced an epileptic fit
In Istanbul, an exhibition of works created by women between 1850 and 1950 has made some impressive finds
The sculptor talks to Apollo about the role of chance, rap music, and investigating spirituality
The artist with a training in trompe l’oeil painting keeps ring binders with recipes for gilding and how to create a convincing sky