Joseph Koerner’s account of art made in extremis turns Bosch, Beckmann and Kentridge into unexpected associates across the ages
The painter’s depiction of the murder of Jean-Paul Marat made him the very model of a Revolutionary martyr
Dorothy Stratten is remembered less for her acting than for the terrible circumstances of her death. Cristine Brache’s paintings put her back in the spotlight for all the right reasons
Thirty finalists from 19 countries were selected from more than 5,000 submissions – and the winner will be announced on 12 May
Bernini’s Roman elephant has lost a delicate part of its anatomy, while an implacable enemy of ancient Rome may have been found by Spanish researchers
Court painters couldn’t bestow eternal life on their royal patrons, but they certainly knew how to make art that lasted
Plus: the South African pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale will be empty, and the Hungarian artist Dóra Maurer has died at 88
Tate Modern’s major retrospective takes in the artist’s early work, her return to painting and everything in-between
An intimate survey of the photographer’s work, co-curated by one of his close friends, goes on display at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn
The Royal Academy of Arts reveals how carefully conceived even the most cartoonish of the artist’s paintings really are
The Viennese artist captured the grandeur of Austria’s landscapes, from river deep to mountain high
On its first birthday, Trondheim’s newest museum hits its stride with a very respectable Louise Bourgeois exhibition
At TM Gallery in London, the curator and owner of CLOSE Gallery in Somerset talked to Apollo about the Gilbert Bayes Award for early-career sculptors
A masterpiece of medieval German sculpture and a portrait by Joshua Reynolds are among the most important works to have entered public collections recently
To mark 150 years since the birth of Constantin Brâncuși, we look at four artworks that take wing in very different ways
László Hudec’s striking contributions to the skyline added Hungarian modernism to the influences that made the interwar city such a cosmopolitan hub
It’s been a big month for the artist, with a new record set at auction and the National Gallery of Art acquiring an ecstatic Mary Magdalene. And her stock seems set to rise even higher
After half a century, two shows bring into focus an artist we should have been watching all along
There’s plenty of artistry on display at the Winter Olympics, but the showmanship of the opening ceremony was an art historical delight
Plus: Plans for Centre Pompidou’s New Jersey outpost scrapped; and French police arrest nine people suspected of Louvre ticket-fraud scheme
Devotion, in its many different senses, has always been at the heart of the artist’s work
Patrons sometimes spent more on the cases of these small marvels than on the paintings themselves – and this exhibition suggests it was worth every penny
The Danish painter’s eerie interiors are joined by portraits, landscapes and depictions of musicians
This exhibition in Brussels reveals how Renaissance artists tried to capture the full range of human physiognomy – sometimes in a single painting
