Though best known as a jewellery artist working at a minute scale, Chan has scaled up by creating two monumental installations in Venice and Shanghai
Dreamed up by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis in the 1920s, the Italianate village on the north Wales coast is still a delightful lesson in how to take frivolity in design seriously
The Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, an offbeat gem of the city’s arts scene, faces an uncertain future along with many other organisations
The artist moves between studios in New York and Puerto Rico, where music – be it bossa nova or hip hop – is always playing in the background
Online sales were hailed as the future of the market but most buyers still prefer brick-and-mortar sales
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 architects of Britain and Ireland’s best-loved buildings have received a good deal of attention, but what about the men who made them?
This snapshot of contemporary American art is undoubtedly messy and unintentionally revealing
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
The market for furniture by mid-century designers is as sturdy as a Jean Prouvé table or a hippo-cum-drinks cabinet by the Lalannes
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
