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Are single-owner sales losing their lustre?
The collections of high-profile individuals have long fetched high prices at auction, but their appeal can’t be taken for granted
Storm King Art Center goes for growth
The vast sculpture park in upstate New York is reopening after an ambitious expansion that is planting the seeds of its future success
Korean art scans new horizons in London
Musical displays, immersive experiences and a series of talks celebrate the country’s rich cultural heritage and appetite for innovation
The effortless unease of Thomas Schütte
The sculptor’s grotesque figures and expressive faces reflect us back to ourselves in uncomfortable and witty ways
Acquisitions of the month: April 2025
Maarten van Heemskerck’s Entombment of Christ and a triptych by Joan Mitchell are among the most significant museum acquisitions of last month
The shows to see in and around New York this month
With hundreds of exhibitions and events vying for attention in the city during Frieze and TEFAF, Apollo’s editors pick out the shows not to miss
The National Gallery’s great reveal
The plan to redesign the Sainsbury Wing for the museum’s bicentenary soon morphed into a comprehensive rehang. How well does it succeed?
The Sussex cottage where Virginia Woolf had a room of her own
At Monk’s House, a 17th-century weatherboard house that the Woolfs bought in 1919, the author found the freedom to write some of her greatest works
The softer side of Anselm Kiefer
Two exhibitions for the German painter’s 80th birthday show his great range, from maximalist masterpieces to surprisingly intimate works
Ari Emanuel buys Frieze from Endeavor
Plus: the video artist Dara Birnbaum has died; and the journalist Wolfram Weimer will be Germany’s next minister for culture
Huma Bhabha: Encounters – Giacometti
At the Barbican, imperious, often monumental statues by Huma Bhabha are paired with the figures of Alberto Giacometti to unsettling effect
The Angel of History
In Berlin, a delicate watercolour by Paul Klee is the focus of a display exploring what the work meant to Walter Benjamin
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style
This show at the Met celebrates more than two centuries of Black apparel – and remembers the hardships endured by even the nattiest of dressers
Spiegel im Spiegel
Work by Gerhard Richter and a soundscape by Arvo Pärt are accompanied by more than 700 years of German and Estonian art
A gripping wartime yarn at Wells Cathedral
Scenes from the British home front during the Second World War have been knitted to life by some 200 volunteers – and are now on display to mark VE Day
All roads lead to Frieze New York
Performance art, contemporary painting and delicately embroidered textiles are among the many pleasures to be found at this year’s fair
Salzburg, a city alive with the Sound of Music
Sixty years after the film’s release, locals are still surprised by visitors re-enacting a few of their favourite things
Glamping at the Vatican – a Renaissance guide to surviving the conclave
Cloistered cardinals would camp in the Sistine chapel itself – the wealthiest decking out their cubicles with silver and silks
A modern classic about ancient sculpture
Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny’s landmark history of the afterlife of classical sculpture has been refreshed to give it even more longevity
How the Nordic food revolution reshaped our tastes
In setting out to celebrate local produce, New Nordic Cuisine has influenced eating around the world
TEFAF lights up New York
Tiffany lampshades and baboon-shaped benches, bas-reliefs by Anne Imhof and Ivorian masks can all be found at the Park Avenue Armory this month
The colossal achievements of Zurab Tsereteli (1934–2025)
The Georgian sculptor, who thrived in the Soviet Union and made his way to the heart of the Russian establishment, leaves an outsize legacy
In the studio with… Florence Houston
When painting her gelatinous desserts, the artist is surrounded by jelly moulds, jellies and even a mummified mouse for company
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