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The guiding hand of Hugo van der Goes
The Netherlandish painter is a master of directing viewers to the telling detail
Around the galleries – Treasure House sets out its stall in London
From the ashes of Masterpiece rises an ambitious and even more selective successor
The ballet that woke up post-war Britain
Oliver Messel’s rococo sets for ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ at the Royal Opera House represented a new dawn for dance
How Vincenzo de Bellis is planning to future-proof Art Basel
The recently appointed director of fairs and exhibition platforms tells Apollo why he is taking a light-touch approach to running the world’s biggest art fair
Buffalo’s oldest museum enters a new era
The Buffalo AKG Art Museum, formerly the Albright-Knox, reopens with a strong sense of civic purpose and a firm commitment to modern art
Ragnar Kjartansson’s guide to Reykjavik
The performance artist explains why he loves being from Iceland and takes us on a tour of public sculpture in his hometown
Fine dining with Patrick Caulfield
The painter’s atmospheric restaurant interiors and precise still lifes put him at the top table
‘Every prince in Europe would have coveted a goblet like this’
This richly coloured glass is a window to a key moment in the history of science and of princely patronage, says the Rijksmuseum’s curator Maartje Brattinga
When Marilyn Monroe met Richard Avedon
A publicity shoot for ‘The Prince and the Showgirl’ caught the photographer and his subject at an unusually vulnerable moment
Berthe Morisot, always in the moment
The painter went to great lengths to make her careful compositions look effortlessly spontaneous
Hug a Henry Moore!
The Sainsbury Centre’s new director is taking a more touchy-feely approach to displaying the permanent collection
The golden age of English furniture
After a period in the doldrums, pieces by the best 18th-century makers are back in demand
Ripe histories – winemaking in Lebanon
The country has been producing wines for centuries, but they are only now getting the global recognition they deserve
Who really wants to buy video art?
Video art makes the running in the art world – but commercially, it has some catching up to do
The early modern artists who tried to study abroad
Larry Silver’s history of how northern European artists depicted other cultures could have taken a broader view
Show trial – James Ensor’s macabre courtroom drama
The novelist Louise Welsh is spooked by the Belgian artist’s menacing ‘Great Judge’
How to rebuild a Central European city
The reconstruction of cities devastated by the Second World War took radically different forms, depending on the circumstances
Punishment for gluttons: La Grande Bouffe at 50
Marco Ferreri’s ode to eating may be one of the most disgusting films about food ever made
Sterling work – European silver at the Louvre, reviewed
A catalogue of the museum’s unrivalled collection of silver and gold is a thing of beauty
The French archaeologist who was a force to be reckoned with
From the May 2023 issue of Apollo. Preview and subscribe here. Nestled in the wealthy 16th arrondissement of Paris, a…
Reality check – ‘Tartan’ at the V&A Dundee, reviewed
A show about the many variations and chequered history of the fabric even lets visitors see what’s worn under the kilt
The creative curating of Walter Hopps
The Menil Collection in Houston looks at the groundbreaking work of a curator who brought a new generation of American artists into museums
What Handel liked to hang on his walls
Three hundred years after the composer moved into his London townhouse, what does the art collection he amassed there tell us about his music?
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