The AI-powered humanoid robot talks Apollo through her studio routine, which involves listening to Chopin and pondering the strangeness of her own existence
Plus: the UK budget announced, with mixed news for the arts; and archaeologists discover ancient Mayan city in Mexico
The idealistic German artist channelled her considerable political energies into art both before and after the First World War
The ease of making screenprints after the Second World War stirred the imaginations of artists as varied as Lucio Fontana and Althea McNish
The Royal Academy of Arts offers viewers the chance to compare the three Renaissance rivals and contemporaries
The Thracians were rarely regional top dogs but, as a show at the Getty Villa proves, their artistry was unparallelled
As Diwali continues in full swing, it’s the perfect time to explore four objects that capture several elements of the festival and its mythology
Ching-Ling Wang of the Rijkmuseum explains what we do and don’t know about a bronze Han-dynasty horse and its rider made as a burial offering
At the Art Gallery of Ontario, visitors fitted with heart monitors have found Otto Dix stimulating and Gerhard Richter soothing. The rest of art history remains to be rated…
Plus: the Whitney Museum of American Art is making admission free for under-26s after a donation from Julie Mehretu; and Gary Indiana has died at the age of 74
Documentary photographs from apartheid-era South Africa sit alongside pictures inspired by Candomblé traditions in this wide-ranging show in Chicago
Political art, text-based works and flamboyant self-portraits by the German photographer go on show in Düsseldorf
The horrors of the First World War and its troubled aftermath loom large in the Austrian artist’s inventive, disconcerting paintings
The most extensive survey to date of the artist’s career touches on Romanian craft traditions as well as the country’s turbulent history
To coincide with United Nations Day, we look at four artworks and objects designed to promote harmony or tranquillity
The first champagne house ever to be established, Maison Ruinart has a new, art-filled home – one that maintains a harmonious relationship between heritage and modernity
A 17th-century portrait of a bookseller from Lombardy and a breviary from the library of Charles V are among this month’s highlights
The British artist talks to Arjun Sajip, digital editor of Apollo, about how the heads she sculpts using cutting-edge tech speak volumes about history and identity
Plus: National Gallery in London bans liquids, Lisa Schiff pleads guilty to defrauding clients, and Darren Walker is the next president of the NGA in Washington, D.C.
Nightmarish visions are the order of the day at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge – though there are glimmers of hope, too
The bond between New Yorkers and their pets offers paws for thought at this amiable but ambitious show at the New-York Historical Society
Magnificent clocks and cabinets sit resplendent at this exhibition of the Parisian craftsman’s work in the Royal Palace of Dresden
This ambitious show at the Belvedere offers a chance to get to grips with the Ghanaian artist’s distinctive finger-painting style
People have always used clothing to express their individuality and sometimes to rebel against societal norms – as these four artworks and photographs show
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
How to be buried in style in ancient China
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