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• The method in Jackson Pollock’s madness
• The problem with Russian money in the art world
• What war photography looks like today
• Philip Guston’s uneasy quest for freedom
Plus: The women artists gazing at men, the portraits of Glyn Philpot, and Elizabeth David’s taste in Old Masters; and reviews of Donatello in Florence, Boilly in Paris, Kafka’s drawings and Stephen Shore’s memoir.
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September 2024
Jan Švankmajer | Pompeii | Cat ladies
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Museum of West African Art | Jeremy Frey | Ed Ruscha
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Napoleon Bonaparte | Caspar David Friedrich | the Impressionists
May 2024
The National Gallery | Alvaro Barrington | Art and the oil industry
More from Apollo
Gardening with the Bloomsbury Group
Outdoor activities offered Bloomsbury’s women welcome respite from their indoor pursuits
The silversmith who struck gold at Tiffany
Edward C. Moore played a crucial role in the firm’s 19th-century success and his own collecting inspired some of its most impressive creations.
A Madonna pregnant with meaning
Most paintings of the Virgin Mary show her holding the divine infant, but a 14th-century panel by Cenni di Francesco reminds us of more earthy realities
What is the point of the people in architectural drawings?
An exhibition at the Soane Museum shows that technical drawings of buildings are often more complex than they may seem