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Introducing the Apollo 40 Under 40 Craft
This year’s list celebrates the most talented young people making work that blurs the line between art and craft
The fragile business of French art
In 18th-century France, an emerging consumer society created a new kind of buyer and encouraged artists to look to the short-term
In praise of the cat ladies of contemporary art
Hettie Judah considers how artists such as Tracey Emin and Kiki Smith have represented the sacred bond between women and their cats
The artists who have come to the defence of the dodo
An art collection assembled by a ‘Dodo-ologist’ is heading to auction, but not everyone has had the same level of enthusiasm for the bird
Former head of Frieze fairs Victoria Siddall appointed director of National Portrait Gallery
Plus: British museum shortlists five architects for major refurbishment, and the art historian David Anfam has died at the age of 69
The Dance of Life: Figure and Imagination in American Art, 1876–1917
Public commissions during the period known as the American Renaissance focused heavily on the human figure
Mark Bradford: Keep Walking
The American artist’s monumental works, often made from found materials, get a suitably spacious setting at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin
Masterpieces from the Borghese Gallery
Italian Old Masters take up temporary residence at the Jacquemart-André in Paris this month
Surrealism
A century after André Breton wrote the first Surrealist Manifesto in Paris, the avant-garde movement is being celebrated in its home city
The shape-shifting art of Adam Bruce Thomson
The Scottish painter’s openness to developments in modern art led him to adopt a remarkable number of styles in the course of a long career
When Francis Bacon made furniture
The artist did his best to destroy any traces of his work as a designer, but the little that survives offers new perspectives on his art
Are commercial galleries getting tired of visitors?
Some of the major galleries are cutting public-facing jobs, but making their physical and virtual sites less approachable could have unintended consequences
Message on a bottle – the Australian vineyard giving a boost to local art
This dynamic young wine producer was quick to become a corking success – and is making sure artists from the region are in on the fun
The tennis coach who’s having a ball collecting abstract art
James Trotman, who coaches Britain’s current #1 tennis player, talks to Apollo about his love of modern British painting and why art and tennis are a good match
The favourite fabric of the French elite
The printed, patterned cloth called toile de Jouy was at its height of its popularity in the 18th century, but still delights today
Creative Scotland closes its key fund for artists amid government budget freeze
Plus: Staff at the Noguchi Museum stage a walk-out over its dress code; and Alain Delon (1935–2024)
Why are paint names causing such a hue and cry?
PETA is throwing shade at the paint company Farrow & Ball for its use of vegan-unfriendly paint names, but coming up with terms for colours is easier said than done
Lee Ufan: Quiet Resonance
At the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, the contemplative Korean sculptor gets his first ever solo show in Australia
Firing the Imagination: Japanese Influence on French Ceramics, 1860–1910
French ceramicists embraced japonisme with open arms, as an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art demonstrates
Roots
An exhibition in Basel shows how the Russian-born German artist Walter Spies helped shape the art of Bali after moving to the island in the 1920s
Robert Longo
The American artist grapples with history, politics and the natural world through large-scale hyperrealist drawings in Vienna
How to live life on thin ice
From pastime to political posturing, ice hockey has always brought out the risk-taking spirit of the Czechs
‘I wanted conversations, I wanted people, I wanted the play’ – an interview with Hildegard Bechtler
Creating the sets for plays at the National Theatre, the Barbican and the Royal Court is no mean feat. The German-born set designer speaks to Apollo about how she works her magic
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