Features

The 16th-century frescoed palace has been sexed up with a show exploring power and desire in the mannerist’s art

Jayne Wrightsman’s final gift to the Met and a silver-gilt toilet service at the Louvre are among this month’s highlights

Apollo’s editors pick out some arty stocking fillers, from a glow-in-the-dark Leonardo figurine to Mondrian-inspired socks

Four centuries after the first English slave ship arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, the president of Ghana is urging members of the African diaspora to discover their roots

The Dominican nun led a flourishing workshop in the convent of Santa Caterina – as her recently restored Last Supper shows

A recent ban on climbing the sacred rock in Australia’s ‘red centre’ was celebrated with singing and dancing. What other forms of art have emerged from the site?

Collections of hand-drawn postcards, quilts, and 18th-century French bindings are among this month’s highlights

The poet, translator and musician was also a passionate observer – and recorder – of the visual world

The painter’s monumental and often melancholy hunting scenes are well worth another look

A new display in the museum pays tribute to one of its best and most charming ambassadors

The artist Taus Makhacheva is fascinated by the subversive side of an art form that found great favour in the USSR

In all his art, from his poetry hotline to the recent text paintings, Giorno refused to be bored or be boring

The Glasmuseet in Ebeltoft has a significant collection of works donated by artists from around the world

The chance discovery in a kitchen in France has major significance for scholarship on the Florentine master

A visit to Camp Nou – where Lionel Messi’s boots can be found alongside works by Miró, Dalí and Tàpies

The Khalili Collections have partnered up with Wikimedia UK to broaden access to their vast holdings spanning centuries and cultures

The latest addition to the long gallery at Hever Castle presents the Plantagenet king in the worst possible light