The dark arts of Francisco de Zurbarán
The Spanish baroque master’s magnetic paintings get their moment in the London sun
The Spanish baroque master’s magnetic paintings get their moment in the London sun
As the news breaks that London’s celebrity pelicans have successfully hatched chicks for the first time ever, Rakewell wonders what’s taken them so long
The siblings who were at the centre of high Victorian culture are being brought vividly back to life at the Watts Gallery
A mammoth retrospective in Paris confirms the German artist as one of the world’s greatest living painters – and one of the most elusive
A donation of 20-year-old chocolate to a York museum puts Rakewell in mind of other foodstuffs that are good enough for the display case
On the eve of a major US survey, the artist talks to Apollo about decorating statues and the ornamental side of the British Empire
Plus: the home truths of Zofia Rydet, and some radically slim pickings at Senate House Library
The vast Cinecittà film studio complex had such an influence on cinema it came to be known as ‘Hollywood on the Tiber’
A strong edition of London Gallery Weekend in June suggests that the city may be a little down – but it is far from out
At the Morgan Library in New York, a selection of guides to foreign lands reveals a bustling Middle Ages full of fantastical visions
Best known for the thousands of works in his ‘Date Paintings’ series, the Japanese artist has never been more of an enigma, as a pair of shows in London and Paris reveal
The painter has curated a show of street scenes, by the likes of Balthus and Bacon, which suggests that the city is an isolated place
The rapid rise to fame of a baby pygmy hippopotamus in Thailand has raised concerns about her well-being – and about who will own her image rights
On hearing that Sam Mendes is set to direct four Beatles biopics – one for each band member – your roving reporter wonders if it’s all too much
At the Whitechapel Gallery, the French-Algerian unspools personal and political histories through imitation sets and empty stages
Created by a Spanish missionary and Indigenous authors and artists in the 16th century, the Florentine Codex is an intellectual feat – and now available to all
Wonders that were once prized by Renaissance princes still inspire plenty of awe
At a time when art fairs around the world are scaling back, the New York mainstay is still thinking big
Built as a residence for Prince Eugene of Savoy, the Vienna museum with a tangled history is now a home for Old Masters and modern art
Stephan Kemperdick of Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie talks Apollo through Hugo van der Goes’s stylish depiction of the saint