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Parts of Louvre no longer fit for purpose, says director
The buildings are reaching ‘a worrying level of obsolescence’, writes Laurence des Cars to the French minister of culture, Rachida Dati
How the return of Asante gold is going down in Ghana
Artefacts looted by British soldiers from the Asante kingdom in the 19th century can now be seen in Ghana, but are loans from UK museums nearly enough?
How to express yourself in Tudor England
The identity of two terracotta busts attributed to Guido Mazzoni may be up for debate, but there’s no denying the emotional possibilities of the material in which they’re made
The gardens that had to make way for London’s growth
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan’s exhibition about the capital’s lost green spaces yields a rich crop of curiosities
At BRAFA, surprise encounters are the key to success
Works from diverse periods, schools and places rub shoulders at the long-running Brussels event and help keep things fresh
Pope Francis and the films of Federico Fellini
In his memoir, the Pope praises masterpieces of Italian neorealism by Vittorio De Sica and Roberto Rossellini – and defends Fellini with some assistance from Pasolini
Visionary film director David Lynch dies aged 78
Plus: Des Moines Art Center settles with land artist Mary Miss | Martina Droth is the new director of the Yale Center for British Art | Bonnie Brennan is the new CEO of Christies
The memory palace of Mario Praz
The scholar’s meticulously preserved apartment in Rome testifies to his passion for all things 19th century, and to how he treated collecting as a form of memoir
The Book of Marvels: Imagining the Medieval World
A chance to get up close with illuminated manuscripts and discover the often madcap ways in which medieval illustrators viewed foreign lands
A New Look at Cimabue: At the Origins of Italian Painting
The Louvre celebrates its recent acquisition of a rediscovered work by the painter whom Vasari called the ‘first light’ of Renaissance art
Gladiators of Britain
Gladiator fights took place on this scepter’d isle too, as an exhibition of archaeological finds at Dorset Museum attests
From Odesa to Berlin: European Painting of the 16th to 19th century
Seventy-five artworks were transported to Berlin from Odesa when Ukraine was invaded by Russia – and they are now on display at the Gemäldegalerie
The woman who brought shop-window mannequins to life
London’s Fashion and Textile Museum celebrates the era when Adel Rootstein’s factory produced innovative, glamorous models – and laments the blandness of the industry today
Romare Bearden and all that jazz
The artist’s collages inspired by his time in Paris reflect his love of the city’s music scene and reverence for the likes of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
London has its own Dracula’s castle – and a stake is about to be driven through its heart
The planned renovation of Minster Court in the City says much about the attitude of developers to our postmodern buildings
Are the Old Masters going up in the art world?
The Met’s Siena show was the toast of New York and the National Gallery’s version is expected to wow London. After December’s strong Old Master sales, the past is looking golden
‘Her rings were her first teachers’ – a tribute to Diana Scarisbrick (1928–2024)
A ring collector who became a leading expert in the field of jewellery studies, Scarisbrick always retained a direct, personal approach to the subject
Southern California devastated by wildfires, with blazes still not under control
Plus: Germany approves new binding arbitration tribunal for Nazi-looted art, and Texas police seize Sally Mann photos from Forth Worth exhibition
The Traitors and the architecture of intrigue
A stone folly at the castle where Claudia Winkleman sniffs out treachery on television puts Apollo’s roving correspondent in mind of other perfect sites for plotting
‘I’m not worried about going stagnant or out of fashion’ – an interview with Jake Grewal
The painter talks to Apollo about queerness, his obsession with charcoal and why he loves the work of Keith Vaughan
Jake Grewal: Under the Same Sky
A huge triptych seascape, mounted on a curved structure at Studio Voltaire, is the star of the show at the artist’s second major solo exhibition
Suzanne Valadon
The first major survey of the French artist in more than half a century highlights her fleshy nudes and her friendships with the titans of Impressionism
Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery
The dream-like paintings of Chicago’s ‘queen of the bohemian artists’ are celebrated in Pittsburgh
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