The first survey show dedicated to the ‘Queen of Bohemia’ presents a flamboyant figure who was single-minded about her art
The meticulous attention to Chinese decorative arts is as great a draw as the court intrigue in ‘Story of Yanxi Palace’
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
Apollo’s editors pick out the museum shows that they’re most looking forward to visiting in coming weeks
Plus: NGA Washington appoints E. Carmen Ramos chief curator and more stories
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?
Emily Mortimer’s TV adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel is a wonderfully glamorous affair – and its anachronisms are whip-smart
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 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?
In her portraits of imaginary people, the artist conjures a world that feels joyfully real
Archie Brennan was a committed craftsman with a fondness for optical illusions and a strong idealistic streak
The German artist’s greatest work was himself – so marking his centenary makes for a curatorial conundrum
Installing a floor in the Colosseum will make the ruin less familiar – but may help us understand the original experience of the building
The one tool Julian Opie could least do without? His eyes, he says – although he’d be pretty lost without his computer too
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
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
Plus: the Istanbul Biennial has been postponed to 2022, and more stories
The mysterious affliction usually only assails art buffs in Florence – but with many museums finally set to reopen, will visitors start dropping like flies?
The artist, poet and musician Heather Phillipson may live and work in London – but her main studio, she says, is in her head
Hanging a plastic skeleton of Napoleon’s favourite horse above his tomb may not be as wildly inappropriate as it seems
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?
The Amazon series limps through its art history but is just about salvaged by its endearingly goofy hero
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
The painter’s tender portraits of slum life are being celebrated across Scotland in her centenary year
