The November auctions are always a test of the health of the art market, but there’s more than one way to read the results
The avant-garde artist has long existed between various movements, impossible to pin down – which is perhaps why he is less well-known than he should be
There is much to admire about the no-nonsense design principles of these 18th-century utopians, but perhaps they didn’t have all the answers
Frederic Leighton’s cosmpolitan upbringing and far-flung travels found their greatest expression at the heart of the Victorian artist’s home
The critic and polemicist who gave us new ways of seeing is the subject of a suitably unorthodox biography
It is becoming trickier for artists to earn a decent living, but policies in Ireland and Norway point the way forward and there are some signs of hope in the UK
Do the Fondation Beyeler’s new buildings by Peter Zumthor fit in with the rest of the site designed by Renzo Piano? Perhaps they aren't trying to
A residency in the city turned out to be a watershed for the painter’s life and art. ‘I wanted to shift the focus,’ she tells Apollo
Charles Greig has spent decades assembling an outstanding collection of Anglo-Indian art. As he donates much of it to the Tate, he explains why he has chosen to do so and why these paintings matter
At TM Gallery in London, the artist Stewart Geddes and curator Freeny Yianni spoke to Lucy Waterson of Apollo about ‘Kairos’, a new exhibition of Geddes’s paintings
Museums, galleries and fairs have been exploring ways to strengthen their relationships with art lovers, but whether collectors will buy into these schemes remains to be seen
In China and abroad, the best pieces from the period have an increased lustre
While Jenny Holzer lit up the Musée d’Orsay last week, the messages protestors beamed on to the British Museum were less artful, but a lot more to the point
University College London holds the largest collection of works by the sculptor John Flaxman. His plaster models for funerary monuments and drawings show why, 200 years after the artist’s death, his reputation is due a revival
Plus: Limoges town hall partly destroyed by fire | judge orders Colombian government to stop removing items from National Museum | V&A staff vote to strike again | Visitor killed by falling debris at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West
Photographs, manuscripts and even a typewriter owned by the Queen of Crime go on show at the British Library
Paintings by artists who around the turn of the 20th century sought refuge in some of Europe’s quieter corners are in the spotlight
Royal feasts in the Burgundian Low Countries were unrivalled – though this show also explores the eating habits of the less fortunate
The master goldsmith at the court of Louis XV was a sparkling talent, as this exhibition in Cleveland demonstrates
Picasso was born 145 years ago this week. To mark the occasion Apollo turns to his Blue Period – and explores three other works that use the colour in very different ways
The great American poet’s art collection was guided by idiosyncracy more than style or genre, as this exhibition at the Morgan reveals
The vibrant modern and contemporary fair is showing no signs of slowing down
The Bourse de Commerce tries to tell the entire history of photography from its invention to the present day with 700 works from the Pinault Collection. It’s a lot to take in
The artist, known for her dream-like paintings and films, keeps a keen sense of focus in her studio in North London
