Stephanie Barczewski’s book considers how stately homes have evolved according to the needs of their owners and wider changes in society
Diane Wolfthal discusses the dizzying visions of heaven and hell to be found in a medieval prayer book at the Morgan Library
With Paris preparing to play host, Neom remaining elusive and London landmarks undergoing major changes, 2024 will be nothing if not interesting
The Galleria Borghese looks at what Peter Paul Rubens learnt from the classical past
Jan Christian Sepp’s guide to the visual and geological properties of marble will whet the appetite of the modern readers too
A briny, brawny late work by Maine’s favourite modernist finds strength in stoic silence
William Burges’s transformation of the chapel of Worcester College in Oxford doubles as an all-out assault on the senses and a scathing critique of the previous architect
Plus: Poland withdraws its Biennale submission | swingeing cuts to UK arts budgets by local councils cuts continue | and Ian Wardropper to retire as Frick director
As two British multinationals with deep imperial roots and interim CEOs partner for another ten years, perhaps birds of a feather are merely flocking together
The Estorick Collection charts the Italian painter’s career from her days as an artist’s model to her luminous still lifes
Architectural photographs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. reveal a meeting of Indigenous and colonial styles
In Edinburgh, the Royal Scottish Academy is seeing in the new year with its annual display of Turner’s watercolours
The Stedelijk Museum looks at how the futuristic philosophy of Nikolai Fyodorov left its mark on the arts at the turn of the 20th century
Henning Hoesch is a winemaker with a habit of making distinctions that extends to his collection of Old Master drawings
Notre Dame is to reopen, the Frick Collection is returning to Fifth Avenue and Scotland celebrates a pair of new or improved institutions
A leading member of the Arte Povera movement, the artist stood out among his peers for his wit, imagination and interest in elemental forces
The marking of two seminal movements and a year-long celebration of Caspar David Friedrich combine scholarly heft with popular appeal
The westward spread of modernist design between the wars was shaped by the migrant experience
Yoko Ono and Sophie Calle are the subject of major retrospectives while museums also have more material concerns
An exhibition at the Cinémathèque française doesn’t shy away from the film-maker’s political side
Work by the artist who painted herself as a sex goddess sits uneasily within the category of feminist art – and is all the better for being discomforting
Daniel Arsham has distilled centuries of history into his design for a bottle for Moët & Chandon’s new cuvée
Christine Sciacca of the Walters Art Museum explains how a processional icon of surprisingly modern design was made and what it means
After a period of mediocre post-pandemic growth, what will the next year bring? Apollo’s columnist peers through the mists to make some predictions
