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The South African winemakers who are cultivating the arts
A new initiative combines adventurous winemaking with an unusual form of art philanthropy
For not-so-humble pies – a short history of the tureen dish
Pastries topped with taxidermy and lavish decoration were the inspiration for elaborate tureen dishes, masterpieces of the goldsmith’s craft
The women who keep reappearing in Rubens’s paintings
The adjective ‘Rubenesque’ was coined in the 19th century, but there’s rather more to the female figures in his paintings than acres of flesh
Around the galleries – Paris+ par Art Basel is back with even grander plans
Art Basel’s newest offshoot returns to the French capital with a public programme that is free and open to everyone
Barn stormer – Sarah Lucas talks shock tactics and country living
Ahead of a retrospective at Tate Britain, the artist tells Apollo that swapping the city for rural Suffolk has led her to more primordial themes
Collectors are falling for the British Neo-Romantics
The market for paintings by the likes of John Craxton and John Minton – and Paul Nash in pastoral mode – is having an idyllic time
Downhill all the way with Isa Genzken
In the Neue Nationalgalerie’s celebration of the sculptor’s 75th birthday, modernity is never what it used to be
Wrestling with Michelangelo
Achim Gnann of the Albertina Museum gets to grips with sketches that show the artist embracing a dynamic new style
Anna Atkins, queen of cyan
It was the pioneering photogapher’s dedication to botany that made her determined to record her samples in such memorable fashion
Ingres and the endless quest for perfection
The painter was always reluctant to regard his paintings as finished and revisted some of his greatest compositions several times
Parcours des Mondes takes a truly global approach
This year’s edition of the event in Paris includes more dealers from more countries and offers an astonishing range of artefacts
‘There’s no denying the power of this museum to move’
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is as powerful as you would expect, but the Hiroshima Museum of Art may catch you unawares
How a leopard stool from Cameroon got its spots
This beaded seat represents the might of a monarch – and his global reach, says Kristen Windmuller-Luna of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Who do museums want to appeal to?
When institutions try to offer something to everyone do they risk spreading themselves too thin?
Can painting ever bear the weight of grief?
Gwen John and the contemporary artist Matthew Krishanu found comfort in a shared composition
Making great panes for the Gilded Age
When it came to designing stained-glass windows, Henry Holiday was more than a match for his friend Edward Burne-Jones
The drinks are on Theaster Gates at LUMA Arles
A convivial collaboration between the American artist and a saké brewery is refreshing stuff
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs gets more modern
Under its new director Christine Macel, the historic museum full of masterpieces of French design is entering a brand new era
The invention of Frenchness
The national museum of immigration has a new mission – but it’s still housed in a building haunted by France’s colonial ghosts
The Norman conquest of the European imagination
It’s hard to say who, exactly, the Normans were – but even harder to make them out as a model migrants and proto-Europeans as a string of recent exhibitions has tried to do
The painters who made a great play for the stage
An understanding of theatrical culture in the 18th century is vital for understanding the most important painters of the period
Do children need museums of their own?
The reinvention of the Museum of Childhood as Young V&A has been a great success. Should more institutions follow its example and become younger at heart?
Dessert trolleys are on the move again, with delightful results
An old-fashioned way of bringing in cakes and custards is beginning to feel rather modern again
Can selling artworks in small pieces yield big dividends?
A new breed of business is offering investors shares in blue-chip artworks – and making big claims about their profitability
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