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Images of strength – Jennifer Higgie’s ‘The Mirror and the Palette’, reviewed
This wide-ranging book explores how women artists used self-portraiture to establish themselves in a man’s world
In her life and art, Nina Hamnett had some serious fun
The first survey show dedicated to the ‘Queen of Bohemia’ presents a flamboyant figure who was single-minded about her art
An audience with the Qianlong Emperor, via the small screen
The meticulous attention to Chinese decorative arts is as great a draw as the court intrigue in ‘Story of Yanxi Palace’
In the studio with… Bedwyr Williams
The Welsh artist’s studio looks out on to the mountains of Snowdonia – idyllic were it not for the children screaming in the playground next door, he says
Museums are finally reopening – and these are the shows we don’t want to miss
Apollo’s editors pick out the museum shows that they’re most looking forward to visiting in coming weeks
The week in art news – UK government approves Whitechapel Bell Foundry becoming a boutique hotel
Plus: NGA Washington appoints E. Carmen Ramos chief curator and more stories
Extinction rebellion – the Jurassic parks of London and beyond
A band of dynamic dinosaurs is arriving in the UK this summer – but will they be a match for the Victorian sculptures at Crystal Palace Park?
Glam-rock Nancy Mitford – The Pursuit of Love, reviewed
Emily Mortimer’s TV adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel is a wonderfully glamorous affair – and its anachronisms are whip-smart
An elephant in the room, at Waddesdon Manor
Toys aren’t just for children, at least if a 250-year-old musical elephant at the grandest house in Buckinghamshire is anything to go by
The tender fictions of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
In her portraits of imaginary people, the artist conjures a world that feels joyfully real
Weft dreams – the utopian tapestries of Archie Brennan
Archie Brennan was a committed craftsman with a fondness for optical illusions and a strong idealistic streak
The disappearance of Joseph Beuys
The German artist’s greatest work was himself – so marking his centenary makes for a curatorial conundrum
Will a gladiator’s-eye view make visiting the Colosseum more spectacular?
Installing a floor in the Colosseum will make the ruin less familiar – but may help us understand the original experience of the building
In the studio with… Julian Opie
The one tool Julian Opie could least do without? His eyes, he says – although he’d be pretty lost without his computer too
The Iranian kings who thought the world revolved around them
As the last rulers of pre-Islamic Iran, the Sasanians crafted a grand courtly culture that would go on to influence kings from the Balkans to Bengal
In defence of giant squid sculptures
A town in Japan has spent coronavirus relief funds on a giant squid sculpture – a fine addition to the tradition of squid art, says Rakewell
Five artist collectives – and no individuals – shortlisted for Turner Prize
Plus: the Istanbul Biennial has been postponed to 2022, and more stories
How to cope with Stendhal syndrome when it strikes
The mysterious affliction usually only assails art buffs in Florence – but with many museums finally set to reopen, will visitors start dropping like flies?
In the studio with… Heather Phillipson
The artist, poet and musician Heather Phillipson may live and work in London – but her main studio, she says, is in her head
The celebrity horse that’s putting Napoleon in the shade
Hanging a plastic skeleton of Napoleon’s favourite horse above his tomb may not be as wildly inappropriate as it seems
If Fleet Street isn’t safe from demolition, where in London is?
The City of London has approved its own plans to demolish eight historic buildings in the Fleet Street conservation area – so what real protection exists for the city’s heritage?
‘Leonardo’ is clunky and condescending – so it’s bingeable Renaissance schlock, basically
The Amazon series limps through its art history but is just about salvaged by its endearingly goofy hero
Is Modi out to destroy New Delhi?
The former imperial capital is due for another reinvention – but in shaking up the urban plan, the Indian government faces accusations that it is merely rebuilding the city in its own image
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The sad, shameful demise of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
The appeal to save Britain’s oldest place of manufacture has been rejected and the foundry will become a boutique hotel. How could Historic England have let this happen?