Stringing glass beads was once the main work available to Venetian women – but it's now a protected craft pursued by only a handful of skilled artists
Ivan Morozov built one of the greatest modern art collections in the world – but only a century after his death is his legacy being recognised
Museums in Switzerland have appealed to the government to let them reopen – and French museums are following suit
Mulberry trees are rare in the city, yet more than one is currently under threat – including the oldest tree in the East End
The humble apple has enticed all manner of artists, from Greek potters to Pop pioneers
One of Mary Cassatt’s sensitive portraits of childhood is among this month’s highlights – along with the Trump Baby blimp
Did Raphael know a bream from a sardine? Tessa Murdoch consults her fishmonger
Georg Baselitz says it makes the viewer pay closer attention – but plenty of paintings have simply been upended due to gallerists’ gaffes
The colourful TV chef Keith Floyd makes an unlikely subject for fine art – but for the painter Lydia Blakeley, he has all the right ingredients
We’re all building miniature museums at home, and postcards of paintings have taken on a life of their own
Landscape painting went local in 19th-century Britain, writes Susan Owens, as artists celebrated the miniature marvels they found close to home
Thousands of paintings have been snipped up into jigsaws – but some are infinitely more puzzling than others
Late medieval gold is vanishingly rare, so a metal detectorist’s discovery may be a truly spectacular find
Andrei Taraschuk wants to inundate the internet with art – and has made hundreds of bots posing as famous artists
From his sitting room in west London, the Manila-born artist created a vital space for avant-garde artists and writers
Mid-pandemic, the art critic Andrew Russeth moved from New York to Seoul. His first stop out of quarantine? A museum, of course
The renowned art dealer has died at the age of 91. In March 2014, he opened up his extraordinary private art collection to Apollo, in an interview republished in full here
In her Tarot Garden in Tuscany, the French-American artist let her imagination run riot
Thomas Herbert’s collection of ancient sculpture at Wilton House was heralded during his lifetime – but it relied on somewhat fanciful premises
Kara Walker’s fountain at Tate Modern plays a starring role in FKA Twigs’ new video – and it’s not the first artwork to have a brush with the charts
It’s nigh-on impossible to get a decent dose of culture right now – unless you’re signed up for a jab at a museum
Suspect and bona fide works rub shoulders at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne – in a display the museum presents as an opportunity for close looking
The Swiss artist reinvented history painting from a female perspective. It’s a shame a planned exhibition about her in London has been cancelled
Palazzo Poggi houses the extraordinary 18th-century creations of a school dedicated to wax modelling – invaluable tools for medical students at the time
