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How Jenny Saville turns paint into flesh
In her depictions of the human form, the artist pushes paint to its limits, explains Sarah Howgate of the National Portrait Gallery in London
Can art survive the AI juggernaut?
In this stylish polemic, the artist Hito Steyerl casts AI image-making as bland at best and exploitative at worst
Contemporary art gets a glorious new home at Goodwood
The Duke of Richmond has been filling the grounds of his Sussex estate with sculpture, and the results are a breath of fresh air
The prints that take us on a picturesque tour of Japan
Hiroshige’s playful prints conjure the landscapes of 19th-century Japan in jewel-like tones
The UAE’s art market is on the up
With a slew of new projects and major government investment, the Emirati art scene is having a moment. This time, it looks set to last
Surround-sound art finds a perfect home in Portugal
A former monastery is an apt setting for the eerie installations of Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
Elizabeth I’s favourite kitchen utensil
The Virgin Queen was not known for her cookery skills, so why was she often painted holding a sieve?
Isles be back – in New Haven
Housed in Louis Kahn’s last building, the newly spruced-up Yale Center for British Art reframes Paul Mellon’s collection
When Frida Kahlo met Mary Reynolds
Revisiting a meeting of the two Surrealists in Paris in 1939 sheds new light on the movement as a whole
The Met’s Rockefeller Wing now stands taller than ever
The museum’s refurbished galleries of art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas now have the prominence they deserve
Apollo at 100
As the magazine marks its centenary, its belief in being curious about both the past and present – and in the power of art – is more important than ever
The twist and turns in Ruth Asawa’s reputation
The artist mixed making abstract sculpture with populist public commissions. As her reputation soars, her generosity of spirit is as apparent as her inventiveness
Civic virtues and vices in Renaissance Siena
One of history’s most mysterious political paintings might hold lessons for our own time – if we could make out the meaning
A brief history of Apollo’s cameo appearances
A personal tally of finding the magazine’s readers in films, television and fiction – and among the Rolling Stones
Up and away – the art of the Ascension
Depictions of Christ’s ascent to heaven often manage to be both deadly serious and upliftingly silly
Vanessa Bell deserves higher billing in the Bloomsbury Group
It was the painter’s misfortune to be surrounded by writers whose accounts of her have been too dominant for too long
Amédée Ozenfant, the purest of the Purists
The French artist believed in his paintings being stylistically uniform and infinitely replicable – an idea that, a century on, has not done him any favours
Treasure House Fair harnesses the spirit of summer
Now in its third year, the London fair blends fine art with a festival atmosphere that suits the season
Has the QR code had its day?
Though museums use them to provide more information, QR codes can conceal as much as they reveal
Why Gertrude Stein’s home was the first museum of modern art
In Paris, the American writer and her siblings were early patrons of the likes of Matisse and Picasso, making their Left Bank apartment a magnet for art lovers
Commemorative ceramics: not just for special occasions
Collectors of ceramics marking great battles, royal weddings and even Acts of Parliament are rare but dedicated
The Basque Country vineyard with an altar to wine
Nestled just south of the Pyrenees, Bodega Otazu is home to its very own ‘Catedral del Vino’, as well as a 2,000-strong collection of contemporary art
The fine art of magazine advertising
A look back at Apollo’s commercial pages through the decades reveals shifts in consumer tastes – as well as some distinctly quirky offerings
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