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Local colour – Peter Mitchell’s photographs of a bygone Britain
The British photographer’s images of a country on the cusp of great change combine insider knowledge with the urge to make the familiar alien
Four things to see: Royal patronage
The 400th anniversary of Charles I’s ascent to the throne is a reminder that rulers, from the Medicis to the Mughal emperors, have long patronised artists
The émigrés who made Britain modern – an interview with Owen Hatherley
Owen Hatherley talks to Apollo about his new book, ‘The Alienation Effect’
The Argentinian winery where you can see James Turrell at altitude
The treacherous journey to get to Colomé, home to a private art gallery and one of the world’s highest wineries, is well worth the trek
Celia Paul faces the ghosts of her past
In recent portraits and seascapes the painter ponders time and memory, and the legacy of Lucian Freud and co.
In Portugal, a world-class ceramics collection now has a home to match
The ceramics collection of Renato de Albuquerque can now be found in a state-of-the-art centre on a mission to educate and entice the public
‘Edging into the surreal’ – Alison Watt enters the world of John Soane
At Pitzhanger Manor, eerie paintings by the Scottish artist commune with its architect’s taste for pared-back eccentricity
Acquisitions of the month: February 2025
Eastern icons for the Louvre and French Old Masters for the Art Institute of Chicago are among the most important works to have entered public collections recently
Tracey Emin’s passion for painting
In a powerful painting acquired by the Yale Center for British Art, the artist grapples with universal themes of love and loss, explains the museum’s director, Martina Droth
The brave new world of Brazilian modernism
Artists were just as dedicated to the avant-garde as their peers in architecture and music, but were the results of their efforts as radical?
‘We’ve been living like this for years’ – on the fires in Southern California
Generations of residents have chosen to live in Los Angeles, perilously, but are the hazards now becoming too great?
Steven Soderbergh works wonders in London
Making Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender look good in ‘Black Bag’ isn’t exactly hard, but making one of the UK’s ugliest buildings look attractive is an act of cinematic sorcery
British Library’s £1.1bn extension goes ahead, backed by Japanese developer
The British Library can now go ahead with a huge £1.1bn expansion after the Japanese real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan…
The rise of performance art in Renaissance Italy
An accomplished musician as well as a painter, Lorenzo Costa was perfectly placed to capture the changing fashions and shifting social etiquette of his day
J.M.W. Turner: Romance and Reality
In this show marking 250 years since the artist’s birth, the Yale Center for British Art reflects on how the painter balanced realism with expressiveness
Pietro Maria Bardi Building, MASP
One of the most important art museums in South America unveils its brand new building this week, which doubles its exhibition space
José María Velasco: A View of Mexico
The 19th-century painter’s landscapes captured the beauty of the Valley of Mexico as well as the growth of industrial production
Jack Whitten: The Messenger
The late American artist’s vast abstract canvases, acrylic mosaics and sculptures inspired by Black history go on display at MoMA
Four things to see: Television
This week marks 100 years since John Logie Baird demonstrated the first television; we explore four works that make the most out of this now-ubiquitous medium
The set pieces of Wilhelm Sasnal
For his new film based on a novel by Robert Walser, the Polish artist created copies of cubist works. He talks to Apollo about the ties between painting and film-making
How can tech help win the battle against art crime? – a talk at TEFAF Maastricht
Apollo editor Edward Behrens chairs a panel discussion at TEFAF Maastricht on how technology can be used in the fight against art fraud
‘Bandjoun Station is an imposing proposition’
Clad in the symbolic designs of artist and founder Barthélémy Toguo, the arts centre in Cameroon is breaking new ground
Loewe brings Mr and Mrs Albers to the catwalk
The effect of translating Anni’s textiles and Josef’s paintings to fashion is, paradoxically, a heightened appreciation for the original work
The shock of the boreal – ‘Northern Lights’ at the Fondation Beyeler, reviewed
Canadian and Scandinavian painters approached their respective landscapes in distinctive ways and with differing levels of realism
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