Choudhary’s array of Mughal-era jewellery and artefacts is intertwined with the history of Jaipur – and helps inspire his own contemporary designs
As Trump 2.0 makes its presence felt, the art market is feeling nervous about new trade barriers – and reluctant to talk about the subject in public
Though clearly influenced by Caravaggio, the Spanish painter rendered saints and sinners in a ferocious style all of his own
Tim Blanning’s masterful biography demonstrates that the despotic ruler of Saxony and Poland was rubbish at war, but had absolutely fabulous taste in art
Figurative art is on the up and up but that doesn’t mean that every painting of a person is a literal depiction
A retrospective by the textile artist is wonderfully open to interpretation, with works so inviting you might want to throw yourself at them
Artefacts looted by British soldiers from the Asante kingdom in the 19th century can now be seen in Ghana, but are loans from UK museums nearly enough?
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan’s exhibition about the capital’s lost green spaces yields a rich crop of curiosities
Works from diverse periods, schools and places rub shoulders at the long-running Brussels event and help keep things fresh
The scholar’s meticulously preserved apartment in Rome testifies to his passion for all things 19th century, and to how he treated collecting as a form of memoir
The Met’s Siena show was the toast of New York and the National Gallery’s version is expected to wow London. After December’s strong Old Master sales, the past is looking golden
The painter talks to Apollo about queerness, his obsession with charcoal and why he loves the work of Keith Vaughan
The country has a long and rich history of viticulture, as we can tell from ancient Roman mosaics and its present-day vineyards
From the ancient world to modern times, humans have looked to the esoteric arts to answer questions about life, the universe and everything
The story of an artist who has been forgotten for nearly 200 years reflects the hopes and failures of the turbulent times he lived through
While many in the trade will be glad to see the back of 2024, whether the year ahead will be an improvement is completely up in the air
The Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania is not just a gallery, but also a winery offering visitors a dose of bacchanalian revelry
Glenn Adamson’s new book shows that predictions about the future have always spoken volumes about the present
The painter’s vibrant domestic scenes are full of revealing details – and so is Isabelle Cahn’s weighty new biography of the painter
An exhibition about the civilisations that could be found along the trade route connects cultures at every turn, writes Sameer Rahim
The jeweller generally reveals precious little about its process, but Apollo gains access to the site in Paris where the magic happens
What can a bronze Han dynasty horse tell us about status anxiety and the afterlife? Ching-Ling Wang of the Rijksmuseum talks of grave matters
The photographer’s first and most famous book quickly became a classic, but he would become sceptical about the power of still images
The Dutch artist’s floral paintings might look merely decorative but, as curator Bernd Ebert explains, they encapsulate a world of economic and scientific change in the early modern Netherlands
