Past Issue
March 2020
• An interview with Christo
• Artemisia Gentileschi in London
• The mistresses of Charles II
• Have art prizes had their day?
Plus: neorealism in the Netherlands, high culture in Houston, majolica mania, a brief history of neon, previews of TEFAF and Salon du Dessin, and reviews of Van Eyck at the MSK in Ghent and the art of Kyoto at the Met.
Inside this issue
Past issues
May 2025
All change at the National Gallery | An interview with Caroline Walker | On tour with the Von Trapps
April 2025
The Frick returns to Fifth Avenue | An interview with Oliver Beer | How the Acropolis became modern
March 2025
How to give back looted objects | An interview with Alex Da Corte | Versailles enters the 21st century
February 2025
Can American art escape the culture wars? | Poking fun at 18th-century Paris | Donald Duck’s fowl play
More from Apollo
Celia Paul faces the ghosts of her past
In recent portraits and seascapes the painter ponders time and memory, and the legacy of Lucian Freud and co.
How to give back looted objects
UK museums are hamstrung by outdated laws around restitution. It’s time for politicians to end the impasse and give them greater autonomy over their collections
The British Royal Family’s love of bling
The Edwardians are associated with elegance but an exhibition at the King’s Gallery in London suggests that excess was the hallmark of the age
Suzanne Treister’s tarot offers humanity a new toolbox
The artist has updated her ‘Hexen’ deck charting the rise of the military-industrial complex for an age of climate crisis and disinformation