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‘New signage is a small price to pay for throwing open the doors’ – on reopening the V&A
Lockdown may have allowed the museum to fast-forward renovations, but it has also confirmed that the galleries are nothing without the public
A history of the US women’s suffrage movement in five objects
This August marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in America
Redeeming features – how Palladio marked the end of the plague in Venice
Built to give thanks for Venice’s deliverance from the plague, the church of Il Redentore remains the centre of an annual festival marking the event
At the movies, in the museum
What does it mean to make cinema – and film directors in particular – the subject of museum exhibitions?
Pray silence for… the return of roller coasters
Rakewell celebrates the return of roller coasters – with no screaming allowed – by looking back at some of the earliest white knuckle rides
‘We were documenting for history’ – an interview with Civil Rights photographer Doris Derby
The activist, educator and artist discusses a lifetime spent fighting for racial justice – and the role that images can play in this struggle
A socially distanced stroll around the galleries
Photographs by Gordon Parks and a panoramic painting by Dale Lewis feature amid an unusually plentiful offering in London this summer
Opening season – exhibitions not to miss in the UK this summer
As museums and galleries in the UK reopen, Apollo’s editors pick out the exhibitions they’re most looking forward to visiting
World views – revisiting an 18th-century survey of global style
Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz’s four-volume treatise, newly translated and edited, deserves to be more widely read
What place for public statues in the history of art?
As we debate public statues, it’s worth revisiting the revolution in portrait sculpture that made many of them seem so animated and direct
Public libraries have been vital in times of crisis – from conflict to Covid-19
The public library has survived and even thrived through historical crises, but how will it recover from the coronavirus pandemic?
Down to earth – the revival of building with mud
The Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy breathed new life into this ancient material in the 1940s – and it’s time it made another comeback
Apollo and the Warburg Institute present ‘Photography and the Museum’
Register now for the first event in our ‘Museums of the Mind’ series – Mat Collishaw, Shoair Mavlian and Bill Sherman in conversation with Fatema Ahmed about ‘Photography and the Museum’
The week in art news – UK government promises £1.57bn emergency funding for arts sector
Plus: Roselyne Bachelot named France’s new culture minister, outdoor performances to resume in England, and more art news
Window dressing – the art of shopfronts and gallery facades
The shop window has long been a playground for artists – and looks set to be so more than ever in the months ahead
‘The gallery experience in 2020 certainly isn’t business as usual’
How have art businesses coped with the crisis – and what might they look like post-lockdown?
Could public spaces better serve the public?
Rowan Moore and Tamsin Dillon consider how the events of 2020 might transform our relationship with public space
‘Art is important to the recovery of our country’ – an interview with Gabriele Finaldi
The director of the National Gallery on what visitors can expect when the museum reopens – and how, while it’s been closed, it has been rethinking its relationship with its audience
Touching distance – the fine art of keeping apart
The encounter between Mary Magdalene and the risen Christ has challenged the artists who have chosen to represent it
Pinting by numbers – a paean to the pub
While Apollo’s roving correspondent is more than ready to go to the pub, he can’t help wondering if it will all end in Hogarthian tears
An alternative history of American Civil War monuments
Monuments to the American Civil War have locked in place partial versions of the past – but other stories will emerge when we know more about how and why they were erected
Acquisitions of the Month: June 2020
Five decades of drawings by Giuseppe Penone and a dazzling drunkard by Joaquin Sorolla are among this month’s highlights
What to look out for at London Art Week this summer
From 3 to 10 July the galleries of Mayfair and St James’s are putting on physical and digital displays to appeal to dedicated connoisseurs and casual browsers alike
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‘Canaletto makes me realise how much I have missed being in a crowd’ – in search of company at the National Gallery
What is it like to look at paintings in the flesh after four months of not seeing any art – and hardly any people – at all?