With summer in full swing, Apollo rounds up some notable examples of art on the beach, from Barcelona to Venice Beach
A feud in Fife involving a single-minded outsider artist and his unhappy neighbour gives Apollo’s roving correspondent cause to reflect
Plus: Poland withdraws its Biennale submission | swingeing cuts to UK arts budgets by local councils cuts continue | and Ian Wardropper to retire as Frick director
Plus: Buddha sculpture stolen from Bakarat Gallery, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco sues its architect, and the rest of the week's top stories
Plus: Egon Schiele works seized from US museums, Moroccan heritage sites damaged in earthquake, and the rest of the week's top stories
Plus: photographer turns down Sony prize after winning with AI-generated image and Artcurial expands into Switzerland
Plus: the artist Michael Snow, the architect Renée Gailhoustet and the art historian Hans Belting have died this week
The novelist Adam Foulds talks about three of his favourite works of art, and how incorporating the National Gallery into his most recent novel was 'an act of homage'
The novelist Maaza Mengiste talks to Sophie Barling about the three works of art that mean the most to her – and how she sees every image as a self-portrait
The journalist and author Charlotte Higgins talks to Sophie Barling about the three works of art that mean the most to her
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
Ian Cheng and Jakob Kudsk Steensen talk to Gabrielle Schwarz about using video-game engines to create their art
The fate of the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts in Tbilisi remains uncertain, with curators ordered to evacuate its vast collection within six months
The British artist was a titan of modern sculpture – and following his example, it would never be the same again
Plus: Phillip King (1934–2021) and Xavier Rey appointed director of the Centre Pompidou in Paris
Damien Hirst has joined the NFT funfair – and he’s even brought former Bank of England governor Mark Carney along for the ride
Plus: France requires vaccine passports for cultural venues and more than 1,000 Polish cultural figures criticise dismissal of museum director
Nicholas Goodison had a distinguished career in the City – but he will also be remembered for his scholarly and philanthropic contributions to the arts
Plus: Kunsthaus Zürich appoints Ann Demeester as its new director and Charlottesville takes down statue of Robert E. Lee
The Italians have opted for a ‘Renaissance design’ – although the floral patterning looks more William Morris than Michelangelo
Stolen objects include the rosary that Mary, Queen of Scots took to her execution
Having picked up the paintbrush for film roles, the actor found that he couldn't stop painting – and he now has a solo show of his own
