An exhibition of drawings from the 17th-century collection makes the case for a visual approach to learning – whether in science, history or art
A remarkable collection of prints anticipate and address Germany’s turmoil after the First World War
Long eclipsed by his fellow Nabis artists Bonnard and Vuillard, this Swiss painter and printmaker produced brilliant and unsettling work
How to succeed as a woman painter in 17th-century England? A supportive husband, royal patronage and mentorship from Van Dyck certainly helped
Leading lights from the art and museum worlds turned out on Monday night for Apollo’s annual summer party
From Friedrich Nerly to Robert Rauschenberg – artistic fascination with the moon has never waned
The Danish artist talks about his new exhibition at Hastings Contemporary, and the obsessions behind his paintings
Stephen Patience and Kate Bryan wonder if famous faces can make art more accessible – or do they just get in the way?
From Assyrian carvings to contemporary African art, the museum’s wide-ranging collection has a recently expanded home
The artist’s depictions of black women and their experience are on show at Modern Art Oxford
The artist has been taking photographs of herself for more than 40 years – but we mustn’t think of the results as self-portraits
‘Truly grotesque’ it may be, but the export bar placed on this characterful Victorian ceramic reflects its importance as a work of art
From Franco-era crimes to the Anthropocene, images at PhotoEspaña 2019 tackle some powerful subjects
Highlights of this year’s event include a long-lost tapestry commissioned by Charles I and dozens of drawings by Adolph von Menzel
With a rediscovered Lewis chessman coming up for auction in July, Apollo takes a look at other great sets of the noble game
A small but dazzling display offers viewers in the UK a rare glimpse of a painter who fused Spanish and Flemish influences
A Romano-British mosaic, a rococo coffee pot, and Robert Rauschenberg are among the highlights of this year’s fair
The mythical figure has taken many forms over the centuries, some more dignified than others
A new study of framing devices is illuminating, but devotes surprisingly little space to actual picture frames
The painter’s portraits may not be as ambiguous as this show in Berlin seems to suggest
In the October 1945 issue of Apollo, readers ‘of moderate means’ were advised to invest in brown furniture – an unpopular but economical choice
Modelled on the form of an Italianate palazzo, and adorned with trompe l’oeil polygons, this object is one of the earliest of its kind
Anti-tsarist postcards were an important, and often beautiful, form of radical propaganda in Imperial Russia
A show at the Louvre explores the rise, fall and what remains of the ancient Hittite empire
