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‘What constitutes “Black” art? What does it mean to show Black culture and where should it be seen? The Studio Museum in Harlem has been shaped by these difficult debates – and continues to shape them today.’ Rachel Hunter Himes welcomes the museum’s long-awaited reopening earlier this month
The Studio Museum is back – and not a moment too soon
After a seven-year closure, the museum’s resistance of easy definitions of 'Black' art and its determination to serve the local community couldn’t be more necessary, writes Rachel Hunter Himes
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November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
‘What constitutes “Black” art? What does it mean to show Black culture and where should it be seen? The Studio Museum in Harlem has been shaped by these difficult debates – and continues to shape them today.’ Rachel Hunter Himes welcomes the museum’s long-awaited reopening earlier this month
At London’s venerable members’ clubs, food and art are existentially linked, finds Sophie Barling
The art of club food
Sophie Barling tries the fine dining in London’s clubland, but finds herself more drawn to the art on the walls
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November 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
At London’s venerable members’ clubs, food and art are existentially linked, finds Sophie Barling
An exhibition of work by the Danish painter Anna Ancher at the Dulwich Picture Gallery reveals her mastery of atmosphere and offers a glimpse into life in her rural community, writes Lucy Waterson
How Anna Ancher saw the light in Denmark
The first exhibition in the UK of the Danish painter’s work offers a glimpse into life in her rural community, writes Lucy Waterson
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November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
An exhibition of work by the Danish painter Anna Ancher at the Dulwich Picture Gallery reveals her mastery of atmosphere and offers a glimpse into life in her rural community, writes Lucy Waterson
On the centenary of artist’s birth, the director of the Rauschenberg foundation talks to Apollo about the privileges and challenges of looking after his legacy
Keeping Rauschenberg relevant
On the centenary of the artist’s birth, Courtney J. Martin talks to Michael Delgado about running the Rauschenberg Foundation and looking after his legacy
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November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
On the centenary of artist’s birth, the director of the Rauschenberg foundation talks to Apollo about the privileges and challenges of looking after his legacy
‘Cultural heritage will be among the biggest losers in 2026, which is unfortunate given the recent heist at the Louvre has reinforced longstanding calls for greater investment in security’ – Emilie Bickerton on the wrong kind of drama at the French culture ministry
The French culture ministry goes in for the wrong kind of drama, again
The theft at the Louvre has drawn more attention to the department’s woes, with the minister facing corruption charges and budget cuts in the offing, writes Emilie Bickerton
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November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
‘Cultural heritage will be among the biggest losers in 2026, which is unfortunate given the recent heist at the Louvre has reinforced longstanding calls for greater investment in security’ – Emilie Bickerton on the wrong kind of drama at the French culture ministry
‘My eyes, exhausted with beauty, didn’t know where to look any more. Yet I couldn’t stop’ – Irina Dumitrescu visits the couture show at the Louvre, now on at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and finds a surfeit of riches
The Louvre puts on its first fashion show
High fashion meets fine art for the first time in an exhibition at the Paris museum. With so much to see, it‘s hard to know where to look
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November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘My eyes, exhausted with beauty, didn’t know where to look any more. Yet I couldn’t stop’ – Irina Dumitrescu visits the couture show at the Louvre, now on at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and finds a surfeit of riches
The Beatles, Prince, Danger Mouse and now Bon Iver – Rakewell surveys the artists who have embraced the power of monochrome
Bon Iver is in the pink, thanks to a touch of salmon
The band have teamed up with Pantone to unveil a brand new colour, which reminds Rakewell of other musicians who have toyed with tints
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November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Beatles, Prince, Danger Mouse and now Bon Iver – Rakewell surveys the artists who have embraced the power of monochrome
The Edwardians are usually associated with elegance but an exhibition at the King’s Gallery in London – which closes this Sunday – suggests that excess was the hallmark of the age
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
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November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Edwardians are usually associated with elegance but an exhibition at the King’s Gallery in London – which closes this Sunday – suggests that excess was the hallmark of the age
Reposted by Apollo
"It is a tremendous honour to have won this prestigious award and hugely gratifying for the Ashmolean team and our many supporters who helped bring this remarkable painting into a public collection." - Xa Sturgis, Director of the Ashmolean Museum
We are delighted to announce that ‘The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist and the Magdalen’ by Fra Angelico, acquired by the Ashmolean Museum, is the winner of the Apollo Acquisition of the Year award, which is supported by BRAFA
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November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"It is a tremendous honour to have won this prestigious award and hugely gratifying for the Ashmolean team and our many supporters who helped bring this remarkable painting into a public collection." - Xa Sturgis, Director of the Ashmolean Museum
Yerevan is ‘a city of solid, austere elegance: less dripping with charm than Tbilisi, less flashy than Baku, but possessed of its own quiet power’. William Dunbar praises the vision of Alexander Tamanyan, who created the Armenian capital’s masterplan, and of the architects who followed in his wake
The magisterial modernism of Yerevan
A century ago, the architect Alexander Tamanyan devised a startling layout for the Armenian capital and his vision has endured against the odds, writes William Dunbar
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November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Yerevan is ‘a city of solid, austere elegance: less dripping with charm than Tbilisi, less flashy than Baku, but possessed of its own quiet power’. William Dunbar praises the vision of Alexander Tamanyan, who created the Armenian capital’s masterplan, and of the architects who followed in his wake
‘Art appreciation can no more absorbed by aimless wandering in galleries than surgery can be learned by casual visits to a hospital’ – so said the didactic and dyspeptic collector Albert Barnes, who was on a mission to bring modern European art to America
The rabid collecting of Albert Barnes
The millionaire chemist was determined to bring modern European art to the United States – and bought the best in bulk, writes Christopher Turner
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November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
‘Art appreciation can no more absorbed by aimless wandering in galleries than surgery can be learned by casual visits to a hospital’ – so said the didactic and dyspeptic collector Albert Barnes, who was on a mission to bring modern European art to America
Sophie Barling tries the fine dining in London’s clubland, but finds herself more drawn to the art on the walls
The art of club food
Sophie Barling tries the fine dining in London’s clubland, but finds herself more drawn to the art on the walls
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November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Sophie Barling tries the fine dining in London’s clubland, but finds herself more drawn to the art on the walls
The British Council’s art collection has always been a great asset for cultural diplomacy. With works acquired often early in artist’s careers, it has also fostered reputations but, with the organisation in dire financial straits, can it carry on talent-spotting?
Hard times for British soft power
The British Council has been crippled by conditions attached to an emergency Covid loan. What will happen to the art collection that is one of its best ambassadors, asks Annebella Pollen
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November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The British Council’s art collection has always been a great asset for cultural diplomacy. With works acquired often early in artist’s careers, it has also fostered reputations but, with the organisation in dire financial straits, can it carry on talent-spotting?
‘Prioritising prints made by her own hand was a way of keeping Miller the artist at the centre of the show – which meant some detective work’. Simon Bainbridge on what some recently discovered vintage prints by Lee Miller tell us about her artistry
Looking for Lee Miller
Vintage prints by the photographer are extremely scarce, but one example recently unearthed in a French archive sheds fresh light on her artistry
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November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
‘Prioritising prints made by her own hand was a way of keeping Miller the artist at the centre of the show – which meant some detective work’. Simon Bainbridge on what some recently discovered vintage prints by Lee Miller tell us about her artistry
We are delighted to announce that Hew Locke is the winner of the Apollo Artist of the Year award, which is supported by Whisky 1901
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November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We are delighted to announce that Hew Locke is the winner of the Apollo Artist of the Year award, which is supported by Whisky 1901
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We are delighted to announce that the Frick Collection is the winner of the Apollo Museum Opening of the Year award, which is supported by Bloomberg Connects
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November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We are delighted to announce that the Frick Collection is the winner of the Apollo Museum Opening of the Year award, which is supported by Bloomberg Connects
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We are delighted to announce that ‘The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist and the Magdalen’ by Fra Angelico, acquired by the Ashmolean Museum, is the winner of the Apollo Acquisition of the Year award, which is supported by BRAFA
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November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We are delighted to announce that ‘The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist and the Magdalen’ by Fra Angelico, acquired by the Ashmolean Museum, is the winner of the Apollo Acquisition of the Year award, which is supported by BRAFA
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We are delighted to announce that the Getty Provenance Index is the winner of the Apollo Digital Innovation of the Year award, which is supported by Well of Art
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November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We are delighted to announce that the Getty Provenance Index is the winner of the Apollo Digital Innovation of the Year award, which is supported by Well of Art
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We are delighted to announce that ‘Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350’, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery in London, is the winner of the Apollo Exhibition of the Year award, which is supported by TM Lighting
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November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We are delighted to announce that ‘Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350’, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery in London, is the winner of the Apollo Exhibition of the Year award, which is supported by TM Lighting
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We are delighted to announce that ‘Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art’, by Deidre Brown, Ngarino Ellis and Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, is the winner of the Apollo Book of the Year award, which is supported by Wedlake Bell
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November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We are delighted to announce that ‘Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art’, by Deidre Brown, Ngarino Ellis and Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, is the winner of the Apollo Book of the Year award, which is supported by Wedlake Bell
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We are delighted to announce that Gabriele Finaldi and John Booth are the winners of the Apollo Personality of the Year award, which is supported by Cadogan Tate
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November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We are delighted to announce that Gabriele Finaldi and John Booth are the winners of the Apollo Personality of the Year award, which is supported by Cadogan Tate
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‘The role of the Studio Museum has been not only to sustain Black artistic production but also to challenge easy definitions of “Black” art – by the art market or elsewhere.’ Rachel Hunter Himes welcomes the Harlem museum’s return after a seven-year closure
The Studio Museum is back – and not a moment too soon
After a seven-year closure, the museum’s resistance of easy definitions of 'Black' art and its determination to serve the local community couldn’t be more necessary, writes Rachel Hunter Himes
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November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
‘The role of the Studio Museum has been not only to sustain Black artistic production but also to challenge easy definitions of “Black” art – by the art market or elsewhere.’ Rachel Hunter Himes welcomes the Harlem museum’s return after a seven-year closure
An exhibition of work by the Danish painter Anna Ancher at the Dulwich Picture Gallery reveals her mastery of atmosphere and offers a glimpse into life in her rural community, writes Lucy Waterson
How Anna Ancher saw the light in Denmark
The first exhibition in the UK of the Danish painter’s work offers a glimpse into life in her rural community, writes Lucy Waterson
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
An exhibition of work by the Danish painter Anna Ancher at the Dulwich Picture Gallery reveals her mastery of atmosphere and offers a glimpse into life in her rural community, writes Lucy Waterson
Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, is a masterpiece of 20th-century urbanism and at the core of the city’s identity, writes William Dunbar, is the modernist masterplan laid out by the architect Alexander Tamanyan a hundred years ago.
The magisterial modernism of Yerevan
A century ago, the architect Alexander Tamanyan devised a startling layout for the Armenian capital and his vision has endured against the odds, writes William Dunbar
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November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, is a masterpiece of 20th-century urbanism and at the core of the city’s identity, writes William Dunbar, is the modernist masterplan laid out by the architect Alexander Tamanyan a hundred years ago.
‘If there is still a sense, as a female diner, of having breached the defences of this Italianate palazzo in the West End, the greater pleasure is in taking in the spectacle on the walls.’ Sophie Barling gazes at the walls of the Garrick Club in London
The art of club food
Sophie Barling tries the fine dining in London’s clubland, but finds herself more drawn to the art on the walls
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November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
‘If there is still a sense, as a female diner, of having breached the defences of this Italianate palazzo in the West End, the greater pleasure is in taking in the spectacle on the walls.’ Sophie Barling gazes at the walls of the Garrick Club in London