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
Fashion houses and other high-end brands are keener on art than ever before, but who really benefits from the relationship?
Rubens’s technical skill and attention to detail give The Garden of Love its heightened sense of erotic potential
An imaginative exhibition in The Hague stresses how much the fashion house still owes to its founder
The true gift of the author of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ was to see the world like a child and blur the line between dreams and reality
A show of surgical paintings by Celia Hempton raises questions about how far the artist's eye can penetrate beneath the surface of things
The graphic designer and decorative artist mastered any number of crafts and his work deserves to be much better known
Chinese art from the 14th century onwards has long ruled the art market, but prices for work from earlier periods are catching up fast
Museums devoted solely to Egyptian antiquities are rare and Turin’s also tells the story of Italy’s long and complex relationship with the land of the pharaohs
In a show at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, the American artist keeps pushing at the boundaries of abstract art
