Manifesta 10 will go ahead in Russia despite calls for a boycott
How should the art world respond to Russia’s occupation of Ukraine?
Writing on the Wall: Graffiti and the Great Wall of China
Dedicated ‘graffiti zones’ are a nice idea, but they won’t work
The Week’s Muse: 8 March
Women in art, art at risk, and art history’s bad image… discussions in the Muse Room this week
Sydney Biennale severs ties with Transfield after artists’ boycotts
What does it mean for the art world?
The Week’s Muse: 1 March
Apollo’s March issue is now on sale, and museums and markets have been key topics for discussion in the Muse Room this week
Malcolm Rogers to retire from the MFA Boston
Malcolm Rogers, the director of the MFA Boston, has announced that he is to retire
How not to remove a Banksy
On 20 February the Independent posted an article explaining how Banksy murals are removed: the next day, somebody had a crack at it.
Basalt in St James’s Park
Jill McManners’ watercolours of the forbiddingly beautiful Shiant Isles look compellingly out of place in central London
The Week’s Muse: 22 February
Our weekly round-up from the Muse Room: art in the rubbish bin; a president’s apology; and the great ideas behind art and design
Rubbished: contemporary art thrown away by cleaner
The two works, part of a group display in Italy, were mistaken for rubbish
Obama’s apology to art historians
Obama has sent a handwritten apology to Professor Ann Collins Johns for the ‘off-the-cuff remarks’ he made about art history
Artangel Open 2014
The Artangel Open has been behind some iconic works of British contemporary art, and is looking to commission the next set
Germany proposes a new law to enable the return of looted art
If passed, the law would remove a significant barrier for families trying to recover Nazi-looted items
The Week’s Muse: 15 February
This week brought the sad news of the deaths of Nancy Holt and Patrick Scott
Second Gurlitt hoard comes to light
Why has it only just emerged that Cornelius Gurlitt kept 60 additional works in his Salzburg flat?
The Week’s Muse: 8 February
A selection of this week’s musings: fakes, the Fourth Plinth and some famous faces
Four Fake Exhibitions
Is there value in fake art? Several museums and galleries seem to think so, and have mounted exhibitions to prove it
Unfortunate Fake
It’s surely the worst possible outcome of Fake or Fortune, to find out you’ve spent a small fortune on a fake you’re not even allowed to keep
The Week’s Muse: 1 February
A selection of this week’s musings: Obama on art history, children at the Tate, and curiosities galore…
Obama Fails Art History
Barack Obama has nothing against art history, he just doesn’t see the point of it, is the upshot of his talk in Wisconsin yesterday
All Change at the Ashmolean Museum
Alexander Sturgis will take over from Christopher Brown as the Ashmolean Museum’s director in October 2014…
12 Days
‘Discoveries’ at Two Temple Place, ‘El Greco’s Library’ at the Prado, and ‘Silent Partners’ at the Fitzwilliam Museum take on unlikely but fascinating subjects
Most popular
- Recent
- Recent
Podcast
![Masterpiece [Re]discovery 2022. Photo: Ben Fisher Photography, courtesy of Masterpiece London](http://new-dev.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/MPL2022_4263.jpg)
The Week’s Muse: 15 March
Ethical dilemmas, a defence of art dealers, and highlights from this week’s major art fairs…