As 24 May marks the anniversary of the openings of two iconic bridges, we look at how these engineering marvels have been captured in art around the world
Ahead of his Tate Britain commission, the artist tells Apollo about being inspired by Tupac and Cy Twombly and wanting to involve communities in everything he makes
The influential Sami artist talks to Apollo about how she has always woven politics and protest into her work
The painting perfectly captures the essence of royalty today – it’s undeniably attention-grabbing, but hollow to the core
Blake, Constable and Ivon Hitchens all feature in Alexandra Harris’s account of a place she knows well, but it’s the more obscure figures who really shine
The New York native keeps up with current affairs, listens to Radio Garden and works every day – that is, when she’s not entertaining Leonardo DiCaprio
The Met’s return of a bronze statue to Thailand and the reaction in Cambodia shows the difficulty of recovering the origins of looted objects
Plus: Vatican Museums employees bring legal action over working conditions, and the film-maker Mohammad Rasoulof has been smuggled out of Iran
The musician once gave this painting away for free, but the times, they have a-changed and he not busy being born is busy buying
The ancient Scottish relic makes for a captivating moment of theatre, but the rest of the displays are just as artfully done
In this survey of the artist’s six-decade career at the Serpentine, drawings take centre stage
The artist’s 10-channel film about the life and legacy of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass has been recently acquired by MoMA
Spanish painting took a more realistic turn in the late 19th century, as this exhibition at the Prado demonstrates
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the invention of the Rubik’s Cube, we look at four toys and games spanning centuries and continents that offer different perspectives on how to have fun
Seeing art is often a purely visual experience, but we shouldn't be afraid of exploring our other senses in the gallery
In a show at Piano Nobile, the artist and his circle vie for our attention with the women who made their art possible
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell whether the finalists of the annual Craft Prize are artisans aspiring to art, or artists getting crafty
An exhibition at the Soane Museum shows that technical drawings of buildings are often more complex than they may seem
Cultural institutions are increasingly cutting ties with fossil fuel sponsors, but art and oil have long been intertwined in surprising ways
In the late 1790s, modern women looking for new forms of freedom were often inspired by distant and mythical histories
The museum’s head of framing, Peter Schade, is quietly changing how we see some of the world’s most famous pictures
Why did Dorothy Hepworth allow her lover Patricia Preece to take the credit for her paintings? An intriguing exhibition at Charleston provides some clues
In its telling of the story of the Mingei movement, the William Morris Gallery takes a refreshingly international approach
A luscious portrait by Johann Richard Seel and a magnificent bronze statue by Giambologna are among the most important works to have entered public collections last month
