Acquisitions of the Month: January
New year, new acquistions: from Jérôme Bonaparte’s chandelier to an entire country cottage
Gallery: ‘Shatter Rupture Break’ at the Art Institute of Chicago
Fragments from an exhibition of the 20th century’s fractured art
Gallery: ‘Cotton to Gold’ at Two Temple Place
Some highlights from Two Temple Place’s latest collection of collections
Art Outlook: 29 January
Sponsorship, strikes and self-censorship in London’s top museums; the Smithsonian’s international expansion; Tutankhamun’s broken beard
Gallery: ‘Poetry of the Metropolis’ at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
A celebration of the tattered, torn and pioneering work of the Affichistes
Muse Reviews: 25 January
The Hudson River School at LACMA; self-portraits at Turner Contemporary; Conscience & Conflict at Pallant House; Poliakoff at Timothy Taylor
Art Outlook: 22 January
Gabriele Finaldi is tipped as the next National Gallery director; Italy recovers looted antiquities; and Luc Tuymans is found to be in breach of copyright
Apollo Event: ‘Modern Figures’ at the London Art Fair, Friday 23 January
What role does the body play in British painting today?
Gallery: ‘Self’ at Turner Contemporary
A selection of self-portraits from Turner Contemporary’s latest show
Muse Reviews: 18 January
‘Unseen’ at the Courtauld Gallery; Blake at the Ashmolean; Moroni at the Royal Academy; and sculptors’ drawings in Boston
Art Outlook: 15 January
Who will restore the Glasgow School of Art? Who’s taking over at TEFAF? How much would you pay for Larry Gagosian’s sushi?
Gallery: ‘Unseen’ at the Courtauld Gallery
Highlights from the Courtauld’s latest display of drawings from the collection
Muse Reviews: 11 January
Toulouse-Lautrec at MoMA; Shostakovich’s ballet at GRAD; Walid Raad in Hamburg; and photographs at the Science Museum
The Week’s Muse: 10 January
Cezanne goes digital; wit in museums; the perils of international museum franchises; and the Estorick’s public appeal
Art Outlook: 8 January
The NPG and Art Basel Asia get new directors; an ancient city is unearthed in Turkey; Turner’s house to be restored; and Labour comes under fire
Dealer’s Choice: Coll and Cortés
Jorge Coll and Nicolás Cortés celebrate 10 years of Coll & Cortés
What not to miss over the Christmas period
Some fascinating exhibitions in the UK, Europe and USA are closing in early January. Last chance…
Forum: Should we be cynical about international museum franchises?
YES: Lee Rosenbaum The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s post-Bilbao misadventures in trying to plant its flag on foreign soil demonstrate…
Muse Reviews: 21 December
The Winchester Bible in New York; tapestries at the Getty; and war photography at Tate
Book Competition
‘Paul Durand-Ruel: Memoirs of the First Impressionist Art Dealer (1831–1922)’, by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel
Art Outlook: 18 December
Nine stolen artworks recovered in LA; India and Pakistan share a pavilion in Venice; and a young-looking ‘Mona Lisa’ in Singapore
Right or wrong? Is it time to rethink copyright legislation?
In the January issue of Apollo, we asked a range of senior figures for their perspectives on copyright now