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Pawn stars – famous chess sets in art and history
With a rediscovered Lewis chessman coming up for auction in July, Apollo takes a look at other great sets of the noble game
An itinerant Iberian master – Bartolomé Bermejo at the National Gallery, reviewed
A small but dazzling display offers viewers in the UK a rare glimpse of a painter who fused Spanish and Flemish influences
The best of Masterpiece 2019
A Romano-British mosaic, a rococo coffee pot, and Robert Rauschenberg are among the highlights of this year’s fair
From infant prodigy to infatuated old man – the many guises of Merlin
The mythical figure has taken many forms over the centuries, some more dignified than others
American Association of Museum Directors calls for an end to unpaid internships
Art news daily: 21 June
Leonardo among the fashionistas
Call yourself a handbag designer, Jeff Koons? Leonardo beat you to it by 500 years
Fatboy Slim, curator and critic
The DJ has curated an exhibition in Lisbon dedicated to the smiley logo – an image he has been collecting for decades
Putting Renaissance paintings in their place
A new study of framing devices is illuminating, but devotes surprisingly little space to actual picture frames
Is it time to take Lotte Laserstein at face value?
The painter’s portraits may not be as ambiguous as this show in Berlin seems to suggest
Midcentury unmodern – how antique furnishings fell out of fashion
In the October 1945 issue of Apollo, readers ‘of moderate means’ were advised to invest in brown furniture – an unpopular but economical choice
It’s the last chance to save this rare Renaissance casket for the nation
Modelled on the form of an Italianate palazzo, and adorned with trompe l’oeil polygons, this object is one of the earliest of its kind
The postcards that paved the way for the Russian Revolution
Anti-tsarist postcards were an important, and often beautiful, form of radical propaganda in Imperial Russia
Sotheby’s to pass into private ownership after 31 years as a public company
Art news daily: 17 June
‘The Hittites lived in interesting times’ – art after the end of civilisation
A show at the Louvre explores the rise, fall and what remains of the ancient Hittite empire
Jean-Claude Juncker tries his hand at art criticism (again)
The president of the European Commission has expanded – cryptically, of course – on his description of Angela Merkel as an ‘endearing work of art’
Howardena Pindell on politics, painting and punching holes
The American artist discusses the pleasures of her craft – and culture in the age of Trump
How Rubens made a booming business of his art
Diplomat, entrepreneur, painter – from an early age Rubens knew what it took to achieve success
Travelling in style on the Naples metro
William Kentridge and Sol LeWitt are among the artists making the transport system a destination in its own right
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