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Street wise – how Helen Levitt turned a cool eye on life in New York
The photographer recorded life in New York for 70 years without receiving the same acclaim as her male contemporaries, but that seems to be changing
The Art of Life: Charlotte Higgins
The journalist and author Charlotte Higgins talks to Sophie Barling about the three works of art that mean the most to her
Richard Rogers was as significant an architect as Lutyens
The architect who created some of the most memorable buildings of the last century and was a major influence on urban policy in Britain has died at the age of 88
The week in art news – Danish and Dutch museums close in lockdowns
Plus: TEFAF and Salon du Dessin have been postponed, bell hooks (1952–2021), and more of the week’s top stories
Drawn with conviction – a brief history of courtroom art
Like many of the most notorious trials of modern times, Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial has been summed up by a skilful courtroom sketch artist
The fabulous films of Lotte Reiniger
The German director brought fairy tales to gorgeous, animated life with her silhouette films – the earliest of which is as remarkable now as it was in 1926
‘The Rocchetta Mattei is Italy’s Hearst Castle’
Max Norman visits the very peculiar home of an eccentric count who tried to derive electricity from vegetables
In the studio with… Salman Toor
The Lahore-born painter keeps his spacious New York studio scrupulously clean and tidy – but he’ll never sleep in it again, all the same
It’s time for Alan Lowndes to emerge from L.S. Lowry’s shadow
When it came to painting the industrial north-west, Stockport-born Alan Lowndes could hold his own
Louis Wain, the man who drew cats
The artist’s commercial cat illustrations were hugely popular in his lifetime, but his series of psychedelic kitties have attracted rather more serious attention
My cultural city – the creative charms of Zurich, with Santiago Calatrava
The architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava offers a tour – from the buildings he loves to the restaurants where he feels most at home
Vivienne Westwood’s rococo approach to fashion
The designer’s favourite museum is the Wallace Collection, so it’s no wonder her clothes are full of flourishes from Watteau, Boucher and Fragonard
The new Musée Carnavalet brings the history of Paris bang up to date
The museum devoted to the history of the Paris is itself an important part of that history – so it’s a relief that so many of its quirks remain
The week in art news – Metropolitan Museum of Art to remove Sackler name from its galleries
Plus: Billionaire collector Michael Steinhardt surrenders 180 looted artefacts
The digital marketplace – an art law briefing
In the second episode of Apollo and Charles Russell Speechlys’ art law series, Aleksandra Artamonovskaja and Bernadine Bröcker Wieder take stock of the digital art market
The art of Christmas parties
The Dickensian illustrator John Leech would have been the ideal artist to capture the spirit of Downing Street festivities – fictional or otherwise
Rethinking museum governance – an art law briefing
In the first episode of Apollo and Charles Russell Speechlys’ art law series, Xavier Bray and Charles Saumarez Smith discuss the legal responsibilities of museum trustees
Hogarth’s love for his pug was a bone of contention among critics
The artist’s pampered pooch was often seen as an alter ego for the ‘pugnacious’ man himself
The Apollo 40 Under 40 Art & Tech podcast: the ethics of tech
Clara Blume, a cultural diplomat for Austria, and the US artist and programmer Lauren Lee McCarthy talk to Gabrielle Schwarz about the future of big tech
My cultural city – fine art and festivals in Lausanne, with Patrick Gyger
The director of the PLATEFORME 10 arts district picks out his highlights from a city rich with cultural surprises
What Stephen Sondheim saw in Georges Seurat
The pointillist painter inspired the composer and lyricist to make his most personal artistic statement
Can machines do art history?
Art historians may be sceptical about artificial intelligence, but machine learning might enlarge our capacity for observation – and even revive connoisseurship
In the studio with… David Shrigley
Renowned for his quirky drawings, the artist extols the virtues of his paint-spattered sink and the benefits of a good nap
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