At the age of 65, the artist went to Rome a painter and returned to the United States a sculptor. It wasn’t the first time the city had changed him
The Norwegian painter was referring to Ibsen’s play 'Ghosts' when he painted his dream-like landscape of 1906
Despite the painstaking research that underpins the artist’s work, there’s nothing dry about its outcomes – as visitors to the Canadian Pavilion in Venice will discover
The Venice Biennale is a good time to pull back the curtain on the funding of major arts events, which can often be shrouded in mystery
The director of the 2024 Biennale talks to Apollo about the challenges the event faces and why he is sanguine about the changing political tides
The artists may have spoken about voids and infinities, but the market for their work has stayed satisfyingly solid
Artists over the centuries have often depicted women as mothers, but where are all the deadbeat dads?
At the art fair’s first edition under new ownership medieval manuscripts can be found alongside contemporary offerings
Do digital techniques to enliven familiar paintings help or hinder our understanding of the art at hand?
A new life of the auteur lays bare the obsessiveness behind his films and what it cost everyone around him
There’s no doubt that the painter was an important and intriguing artist, but that doesn't excuse his behaviour
The artist’s irrepressible energy shines out in this survey of her long career at Bard Graduate Center, writes Eve M. Kahn
A rustic painting by Annibale Carracci highlights how the act of eating in art has long been tied to class and status
Books and manuscripts, 18th-century furniture and Old Master drawings are driving a thriving art market in France
Artists may distrust intermediaries but it would be more difficult for anyone to get noticed in the art world without them
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art enters a new era, its past decisions are still sending ripples into the present. So what does the future hold?
Fleeing persecution in France, thousands of Protestant silversmiths set up shop around Europe – and London attracted many of the most skilful
Koen Bulckens of the Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp explains what makes the painter’s portrait of ‘the weeping prophet’ such an emotional tour de force
There are plenty of new discoveries to be made at the Paris fair focused on fine draughtsmanship
The painter’s desire for food and drink can be traced throughout a collection of obsessive shopping lists dotted with drawings
Jackie Wullschläger’s biography invites us to take another look at a painter whose canvases make a direct appeal to the eye
The annual event provides plenty of artistic surprises and has much to offer to smaller collectors
The Palazzo della Pilotta contains three museums, a historic library and one of the oldest theatres in Europe – but, until its recent refurbishment, has often been overlooked
Depictions of lions by leading lights of the Romantic movement and more Academic types reveal humanity’s dark side
