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Once occupied by the artist Franz West, the painter’s studio sits in the backyard of a former dairy and is filled with the scents of oil paint and flowers
Art historian Sam Spike speaks to Gabrielle Schwarz about how non-fungible tokens have transformed collecting and why not everything needs to be minted
The Dutch-Brazilian artist Rafaël Rozendaal speaks to Gabrielle Schwarz about the freedom of making art on the internet and the process of minting NFTs
Gilane Tawadros will become the gallery’s tenth director, following in the footsteps of Iwona Blazwick who stepped down, after 20 years, in April 2022
The American artist divides his time between Venice Beach and New Mexico, with one studio in a church and the other in a former commercial laundry
Drawing influence from her grandfather, the Canadian artist paints large scale, Surrealist-inspired scenes that highlight the humour of the everyday
A terrifically grumpy portrait of Goya and a mythical landscape by Paul Bril are among this month’s highlights
The American artist accumulates a mass of materials while working but when she finishes a project, her space must be cleared to begin afresh
Pierre Terjanian of the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells Apollo why a Renaissance pageant shield is such a beguiling work of art
The Kazakh collective’s approach to making art involves walking and talking – and even singing – before anything concrete is created
The painter of bejewelled, fantastical scenes has created his very own urban paradise filled with birdsong and the delicate fragrances of seasonal blooms
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The Brazilian artist works with materials he retrieves from the streets – but his studio space must be kept clean as a shrine
The Mexican artist offers a glimpse of his makeshift studio in a Venetian palazzo
The painter of fantastical jungle scenes can actually see the forest from her studio in the Dominican Republic – but she’s not afraid to use her imagination
A remarkable Renaissance roundel from Mantua and a painting by Lavinia Fontana are among this month’s highlights
In his Brooklyn studio the Swiss painter and sculptor looks to Rosalba Carriera, Georgia O’Keeffe and an ancient rock formation for inspiration
The American sculptor discusses her passion for audio books and what she has in common with Roger Federer
The painter of urban desolation explains why boredom is essential for painting and how motorbikes relieve the monotony
The novelist Adam Foulds talks about three of his favourite works of art, and how incorporating the National Gallery into his most recent novel was ‘an act of homage’
From a caper about the pensioner who swiped a Goya to the memoir of a curator who came in from the cold – the must-see movies and a first reading list for art lovers
The novelist Maaza Mengiste talks to Sophie Barling about the three works of art that mean the most to her – and how she sees every image as a self-portrait
A panel discussion exploring how new technologies are being used to preserve cultural artefacts for future generations
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
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