Apollo Awards 2015

Maria Balshaw, the director of the Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester City Galleries, has been a driving force behind the city’s cultural renaissance

South African William Kentridge has a remarkable range and is one of the most important artists working today

The four bronze angels commissioned for the tomb of Cardinal Wolsey are reunited at last at the Victoria and Albert Museum

‘Silent Partners’ at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge was a revelatory show about the role of the mannequin in art history

The Million Image Database is documenting threatened cultural heritage sites all around the world, through the efforts of volunteers

‘Carrying Off the Palaces’ is one of the most important works on John Ruskin in recent decades and a major contribution to the history of photography

The Whitney Museum’s widely acclaimed move downtown means that American art now has the home it deserves

The most significant artworks and artefacts to enter museum collections in the last 12 months

Five organisations harnessing digital technology to advance access to, or knowledge of art

Five of the most important new museum or renovation projects completed in the last 12 months

Recognising the recent art publications that have contributed significantly to their field

Recognising the most revelatory and influential exhibitions of the past year