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The Venice Biennale is about to begin. After a year and more of tragedy, scandal and, let’s face it, farce, Rakewell can’t wait for the art to be centre stage again
The artist’s work is guided by a deep appreciation of the rhythms of the natural world. Ahead of his presentation at the Venice Biennale in the Canadian Pavilion, he talks about how he has grown as an artist
The Met presents a new side of the Old Master by highlighting the influence of women on his work
The textile artist Amina Agueznay talks to Apollo about representing her country in its first appearance among the national pavilions at the biennial
The painter pulls from sources that range from modernist art to everyday experience to create unsettling visions of life in the United States
Both artists have long mined pop culture to explore how it has shaped American life, for both good and ill
Attempts at self-erasure never looked so good at Dia Beacon's celebration of the minimalist's 90th birthday
There might be no sheep, but Britain’s best-known botanical garden provides a fitting setting for the artist's massive sculptures
An exhibition of little-known interior scenes in Venice gives us a new window onto the artist's work
Plus: the Venice Biennale jury resigns en masse; and Janne Sirén is stepping down as the director of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum
A historic 18th-century salver from the collection of Robert Walpole is a relic from a world of political perks and exquisite craftsmanship
The beloved Hackney picture house is celebrating 50 years as a community-run enterprise – but as Britain’s oldest continuously operating cinema, its roots go much further back
The Danish gem expert alerted the British Museum to thefts from its collection and played a role in recovering scores of items. He was Apollo’s Personality of the Year in 2024
The world’s most visited museum has been in the headlines in recent months, but the origins of its malaise go back a long way
The vineyard in Provence has become famous for its art and architecture, but making great wine is still its raison d’être
At Tate Britain, the artist’s ability to draw us in while keeping us at a distance – all in a single painting – is on full display
Thomas Laqueur’s treat of a book tracks how dogs have been represented in art and what they represent in life
Plus: Dutch government proposes handing ‘orphaned’ Nazi-looted art to Dutch Jewish community and the Turner Prize shortlist is announced
A set of mirrors designed by Claude Lalanne sold for $33.5m this week, which has led Rakewell to reflect on the art of glass through the ages
The National Gallery in London presents a landmark exhibition of one of the leading lights of Spanish baroque painting
The pioneering designer turned her hand to photography in the 1930s and proved highly adept in that medium too
The New York Historical explores the city’s early modern roots with a lively display of paintings of daily life
The sculptor’s beguiling creatures, which range from the humanoid to the insectoid, take up residence at Houghton Hall in Norfolk
