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Trash talk – the antagonising antics of Antony Gormley
Rakewell wonders whether Apollo readers can corroborate the recent and rather bewildering claim that the British sculptor has been stealing his neighbour’s bins
The Design Museum proves that football really is the beautiful game
The subject of football and all its attendant paraphernalia makes for a surprisingly joyful exhibition
The week in art news – Paula Rego (1935–2022)
The Portuguese-British painter renowned worldwide for her vivid and unsettling fairy-tale visions has died at the age of 87
‘Not to be rebellious would be really boring’ – an interview with Peter Saul
The 87-year-old American painter has never much cared what the critics think – which means that no subject is off limits to him
Back to the future – how AI is simplifying the art world
Artificial intelligence is transforming our ability to detect forgeries – which, as Arte Generali CEO Jean Gazançon tells Apollo, provides more security for collectors than ever before
Fit for a queen? The quirkiest Jubilee tributes
As the country prepares for a blowout, Rakewell takes a look at some of the more peculiar ways in which people are marking the occasion
Acquisitions of the Month: May 2022
This month’s highlights include a silver casket that may have played a part in the downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots
Platinum Jubilee events round-up
Apollo presents a few of the best events and exhibitions put on in honour the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
‘Littered with stumbling blocks’ – Cornelia Parker at Tate Britain, reviewed
The British artist’s retrospective might appear visually weighty, but the work pays little attention to the history and politics of the materials used
In the studio with… AA Bronson
The Berlin-based artist sees no division between his life and work – his apartment is filled to the brim with artworks, books and the objects he collects
The crème de la crème of bungled art attacks
The Mona Lisa has been smeared with cream cake in an inscrutable act of climate protest
‘You look for your own art history’ – an interview with Isaac Julien
The artist tells Apollo how his new film for the Barnes Foundation weaves together restitution debates with the history of the Harlem Renaissance
Why are New York’s new skyscrapers so bad?
As the Manhattan skyline keeps getting higher, the quality of the skyscrapers crowding the horizon seems to be getting lower and lower
What medieval Christians thought about climate change
Christians in the Middle Ages believed that there was no bad weather in paradise after the Creation and before the Fall of Man
Speed freak – ‘Raphael’ at the National Gallery, reviewed
The artist’s true genius lay in the superhuman pace with which he mastered new styles
Survivors’ gilt – the luxury craftsmen who flourished after the French Revolution
Iris Moon’s account of how masters of the decorative arts adapted to turbulent times is a suitably unsettling affair
The British photographers who took their visual cues from the Grand Tour
Victorian photographers in Italy were inevitably influenced by forms of landscape painting made popular in the preceding century
Eternal fame – the world of the Kushite pharaohs
The Louvre’s latest exhibition has revived the vast ancient empire that once united Sudan and Egypt
Drawn to greatness – the personal collection of Katrin Bellinger
Once a renowned dealer in Old Master drawings, Bellinger’s own collection includes all kinds of works on paper and oils – and she’s committed to sharing what she has
‘This is a new Winslow Homer for our time’
The Met’s new survey reveals a more dramatic, more political side to the American painter
Around the galleries – BRAFA lights up Brussels, plus other highlights
Despite its position in this summer’s packed calendar, the Belgian art fair is confident in its unique offering
Off the grid – the side of Mondrian you’ve never seen before
A completely overlooked painting, left out of the artist’s catalogue raisonné, makes the case for an unexpectedly messier and much more interesting career
Grand designs – how Gio Ponti transformed Palazzo Bo
The University of Padua may be 800 years old, but this ancient institution is also home to masterpieces of 20th-century design
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