The fin-de-siècle movement fired up the imaginations of avant-garde ceramicists across Europe
The artist’s excoriating images have long set the standard for political satire
No one could accuse the painter of flattering his subjects, but he was certainly painstaking about capturing them on canvas
As the artist prepares for his show at the Hayward Gallery, he talks about using the remains of today to reimagine the past
While the painter’s designs for the Decius Mus cycle were used to create several sets of tapestries, the version now in Kilkenny Castle in Ireland is in a class of its own
A new book turns the staple into a star and unscrambles its significance beyond the kitchen
Street lights, kiosks and benches are easy to ignore, but they can make all the difference to how a city look and feels
Northern Renaissance paintings and art nouveau designs are among the highlights of the Brussels fair when it returns at the end of January
Working in an Italian city with no Roman past allowed painters and sculptors to put their own spin on classical antiquity
The director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, talks to Apollo about ‘bossy’ objects, slashed funding and the stories collections tell
The Arts Council’s decision to move money out of London ignores the fact that arts institutions rely upon each other to nurture talent
When it came to projecting British power abroad, Christopher Wren proved a handy source of inspiration in the creation of an ‘English Renaissance’ style
Funny peculiar or funny haha? Perhaps some of the artists who seem a bit obscure are actually trying to make us laugh
The eye may be our most perceptive organ, but it can sometimes make us blind to the other senses
Packed with nods to the patron for whom it was painted, the ‘Adoration of the Shepherds’ is one of Domenico Ghirlandaio’s most appealing works
The history of Dosso Dossi's painting of the ‘sorceress’ – otherwise known as Melissa – reveals a bewitching tale of romance
Thanks to mass production (and reproduction), in the 19th-century some middle-class homes began to resemble miniature picture galleries
For seven decades, Milton Gendel recorded his charmed existence in delightfully candid photos and diaries
The Cinémathèque française’s unsettling show about film-making and espionage reveals how much the two activities have in common
Are NFTs a revolutionary approach to new media art or simply a fleeting trend? Jane Morris explores the role of non-fungible tokens today
Mulled wine may be the fuel for contemporary Christmas celebrations but drinking it is a tradition that dates back to antiquity
While Britain was no less affected by the disease than the United States, the response of its gay artists at the start of the crisis was provocatively distinct
When it comes to gold-ground paintings from Italy, condition is everything and the older the work, the better
Contemporary artists are looking to geological forms less for aesthetic cues than for perspective on time, place and human agency
