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The Royal Academy goes gonzo
This week the institution elected the first female president in its 251-year history. Its Twitter account seems to be taking an *even* more radical direction
From New Delhi to New York – the ever-growing brand of DAG
The Indian art gallery opened its first modest space in Delhi in 1993. Now its spaces and partnerships extend across the globe
George Herriman’s Krazy Kat – revisiting an abstruse but charming comic strip
The story of a simple-minded cat and his animal neighbours was never widely popular – but it counted E.E. Cummings and De Kooning among its fans
A Delft touch – the intricate patterns of Pieter de Hooch
The Dutch painter’s courtyard and interior scenes reveal his fascination with frames, grids and lines
How a small German city became a leading home for new media art
The Edith-Russ-Haus in Oldenburg is currently host to an exhibition exploring the rise of ‘nootropics’, or smart drugs, in Silicon Valley
Finnish lines – paintings from the land of a thousand lakes
Lakeside views by the painters Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Hugo Simberg are coming to auction this week
From Gold Digger to Gossip Girl – meet cutes at the museum
If films and television are anything to go by, it seems the main raison to go to an art gallery is to find a date
‘A buffet of bums, boobs and bollocks’ – Giulio Romano at Palazzo Te
The 16th-century frescoed palace has been sexed up with a show exploring power and desire in the mannerist’s art
Acquisitions of the month: November 2019
Jayne Wrightsman’s final gift to the Met and a silver-gilt toilet service at the Louvre are among this month’s highlights
Exit through the gift shop
Apollo’s editors pick out some arty stocking fillers, from a glow-in-the-dark Leonardo figurine to Mondrian-inspired socks
Mane attraction – the star quality of Susan Sontag
For all her flaws – and love of the limelight – Sontag’s commitment to seriousness feels more necessary than ever
‘The dungeons are decorated with wreaths left by slaves’ descendants’
Four centuries after the first English slave ship arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, the president of Ghana is urging members of the African diaspora to discover their roots
From the high life to the Life of Christ – James Tissot’s path to piety
On his 50th birthday the society painter set off for the Holy Land, experiencing something of a conversion
The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Mohamed Elshahed
The writer and researcher has written a comprehensive new history of modern architecture in Cairo
Disciplinary action – ‘A History of Art History’ by Christopher S. Wood, reviewed
This wide-ranging and original study gives art historians much to think and argue about
Women looking at men looking at them – at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle
Paintings from the museum’s founding collection show the unsettling ways in which men have often represented women
Sister act – Plautilla Nelli and the painter nuns of 16th-century Florence
The Dominican nun led a flourishing workshop in the convent of Santa Caterina – as her recently restored Last Supper shows
Rock stars – the Indigenous artists inspired by Uluru
A recent ban on climbing the sacred rock in Australia’s ‘red centre’ was celebrated with singing and dancing. What other forms of art have emerged from the site?
The tinselly tat of Trafalgar Square
A small alpine village has set up shop outside the National Gallery – are there any parallels with what’s inside the building?
Style guide – how Charlotte Perriand designed the modern world
The multi-talented French architect and designer worked at the cutting edge of modernism
Theodore de Bry’s sensational approach to the New World
The engraver’s visions of a continent he never saw were designed to appeal to the European imagination
‘He always had the air of a boffin’ – a tribute to Huang Yong Ping (1954–2019)
The artist was a key figure in the avant-garde scene that emerged in China after the Cultural Revolution
We’re on the brink of Brexit – so isn’t it time the UK formed stronger cultural ties around the globe?
France, China, and other countries are leading the way on cultural diplomacy. When will the UK catch up?
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London calling – Orazio Gentileschi’s The Finding of Moses at the court of Charles I
The National Gallery is raising funds to purchase Orazio Gentileschi’s biblical scene – once a prized possession of Queen Henrietta Maria