Fatema Ahmed is deputy editor of Apollo.
A leading dealer in Indian paintings and textiles, she also has an extensive collection of 20th-century haute couture – and the two seem to go together nicely
The artist has pursued her interest in light, motion and myth across drawing, sculpture and performance for six decades, but it’s her openness to new ideas that really defines her work
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art enters a new era, its past decisions are still sending ripples into the present, so what does the future hold?
One Woman Show is a novel about a socialite’s progress through the 20th century, told in the style of wall labels you might find at the Met
The adjective ‘Rubenesque’ was coined in the 19th century, but there’s rather more to the female figures in his paintings than acres of flesh
The theft of 2,000 items is a scandal that points to wider failures of leadership and oversight. So can the museum right what has gone wrong by itself?
The museum has reopened with a new entrance and a complete rehang of the collection – but there’s no getting away from its founding purpose
The artist rifles through archives and our collective imaginations to reshape what we think we know about the past
After 11 years of being closed, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp has reopened with an ingenious extension that means Old Masters and modern art now share the limelight
Jean-Luc Martinez has been indicted in connection with the purchase of five ancient Egyptian artefacts by the Louvre Abu Dhabi
The artist Sam Contis talks about mining a rich seam in the personal archive of Dorothea Lange, and the parallels between Lange’s work and her own photography
From 3 to 10 July the galleries of Mayfair and St James’s are putting on physical and digital displays to appeal to dedicated connoisseurs and casual browsers alike
The museum makes the most of its French connections in this survey of conduct across medieval Europe and the Middle East
US audiences have new treats in store from Alexei Ratmansky, while in London the Barbican and Sadler’s Wells celebrate the work of Michael Clark and Richard Alston
The photographer talks to Apollo about three decades of collecting other people’s family slides
Celebrations of costumes and couture are more popular than ever, but is there more to these shows than spectacle?
Exhibitions of lunar photography and a major Martin Parr retrospective are among the highlights to watch out for in 2019
The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm has a world-class collection and an international outlook to match
The Canadian photographer talks about ‘The Anthropocene Project’ and trying to capture the spirit of a new geological epoch
‘Oceania’ at the Royal Academy and an exploration of post-war Japanese photography are among the shows to see at the moment
The film-maker discusses the unique quality of Polaroids – and why in the future no one will see the digital photographs being taken today
The London museum’s outstanding ethnographic collections finally have a fitting home
Highlights of 2018 include Victorian photographers, Egyptian influences, and models from Kinshasa
The city’s ethnographic museum has been reimagined to explain how its exceptional collections migrated to the city
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
‘It’s a decorative art, it’s more than fashion’ – Francesca Galloway talks about collecting couture
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Who should fix the crisis at the British Museum?
The theft of 2,000 items is a scandal that points to wider failures of leadership and oversight. So can the museum right what has gone wrong by itself?