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Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 23m

William Hogarth came to regard the monumental religious scenes he painted for St Bartholomew’s Hospital as something of a failure. But their recent restoration shows that ‘they are full of confident, characterful painting,’ writes Kirsten Tambling

The healing powers of Hogarth

Recently restored, Hogarth’s monumental paintings in the north wing of St Bartholemew’s Hospital in London show a more caring side of the satirical genius, writes Kirsten Tambling

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 1h

‘Marie Antoinette has always been what we make her’ – Kirsten Tambling on how successive ages have cast the doomed queen in their own image

The meaning of Marie Antoinette

The V&A’s exhibition demonstrates the doomed queen’s remarkable ability to represent whatever we want her to represent, writes Kirsten Tambling

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 2h

Hew Locke has long been interested in the imagery of the British Empire and the visual manifestations of its power that hide in plain sight. He talks to Apollo about what’s it’s been like to find events catching up with his art

Hew Locke and the Empire’s new clothes

On the eve of a major US survey, the artist talks to Fatema Ahmed about decorating statues and the ornamental side of the British Empire

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 3h

‘There are frequent altercations. Sometimes it’s quite interesting.’ In his east London studio, Charles Avery blocks out the neighbourhood chaos with noise-cancelling headphones and tennis commentary

In his east London studio, the Scottish artist blocks out the neighbourhood chaos with noise-cancelling headphones and tennis commentary

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 4h

‘The plan of the Bank of England as Soane left it shows how architecture can derive life and power from fixes, compromises and even portions of fudge’ – Will Wiles finds the Bank’s own museum feeling apologetic about the 1925 demolition and rebuilding of the architect’s masterpiece

The man who broke the Bank of England – and built it back up again

It is a century since most of Sir John Soane’s structure was demolished to make way for Herbert Baker’s bigger but more boring vision, writes Will Wiles

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 5h

A donation of 20-year-old Terry’s Chocolate Oranges to a museum in York puts Rakewell in mind of other old foodstuffs, from army rations to bog butter, that have made their way into display cases

Please do not eat the art

A donation of 20-year-old chocolate to a York museum puts Rakewell in mind of other foodstuffs that are good enough for the display case

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 6h

‘Guarantees can act as a barometer for the market – if you know how to read them.’ Jane Morris on what the resurgence of auction guarantees says about the art market

Handle with care: the problem with auction guarantees

The practice of underwriting the sale of art works has made a major comeback since the financial crisis, but the risks of getting burned are as high as ever, writes Jane Morris

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 7h

In the Royal Palace Amsterdam, the greatest sculptor of the Flemish and Dutch baroque, Artus Quellinus, is receiving his dues in the perfect setting, writes Antonia Boström

The mighty sculptures of Artus Quellinus

The Flemish master brought mythic grandeur to the town hall of Amsterdam with his dramatic carvings, writes Antonia Boström

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 8h

Sir John Soane described the Bank of England building he designed as ‘the pride and boast of my life’, but in 1925 his masterpiece was demolished to make way for Herbert Baker’s bigger but more boring vision, writes @willwiles.bsky.social

The man who broke the Bank of England – and built it back up again

It is a century since most of Sir John Soane’s structure was demolished to make way for Herbert Baker’s bigger but more boring vision, writes Will Wiles

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 9h

Recently restored, the monumental religious paintings Hogarth made for St Bartholomew’s Hospital reveal the satirist’s excellent bedside manner, writes Kirsten Tambling

The healing powers of Hogarth

Recently restored, Hogarth’s monumental paintings in the north wing of St Bartholemew’s Hospital in London show a more caring side of the satirical genius, writes Kirsten Tambling

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 17h

‘Marie Antoinette has always been what we make her’ – Kirsten Tambling on how successive ages have cast the doomed queen in their own image

The meaning of Marie Antoinette

The V&A’s exhibition demonstrates the doomed queen’s remarkable ability to represent whatever we want her to represent, writes Kirsten Tambling

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 18h

Auction guarantees have made a major comeback since the financial crisis, but they remain a risky business, writes Jane Morris

Handle with care: the problem with auction guarantees

The practice of underwriting the sale of art works has made a major comeback since the financial crisis, but the risks of getting burned are as high as ever, writes Jane Morris

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 19h

Artus Quellinus is not a well-known name, but in his day he was compared to Pheidias or Bernini. In Amsterdam, Antonia Boström welcomes the chance to see what made him the greatest sculptor of the Flemish and Dutch baroque

The mighty sculptures of Artus Quellinus

The Flemish master brought mythic grandeur to the town hall of Amsterdam with his dramatic carvings, writes Antonia Boström

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 20h

Sir John Soane described the Bank of England building he designed as ‘the pride and boast of my life’, but in 1925 his masterpiece was demolished to make way for Herbert Baker’s bigger but more boring vision, writes @willwiles.bsky.social

The man who broke the Bank of England – and built it back up again

It is a century since most of Sir John Soane’s structure was demolished to make way for Herbert Baker’s bigger but more boring vision, writes Will Wiles

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 1d

‘A display rammed with formal and intellectual inventiveness’ – Digby Warde-Aldam is bowled over by Sam Gilliam’s paintings at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin

Sam Gilliam, master draper

An inventive show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art is a thrilling introduction to a modern master of American art

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 1d

‘Marie Antoinette has always been what we make her’ – Kirsten Tambling on how successive generations have cast France’s most fashionable queen in their own image

The meaning of Marie Antoinette

The V&A’s exhibition demonstrates the doomed queen’s remarkable ability to represent whatever we want her to represent, writes Kirsten Tambling

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 1d

‘There are frequent altercations. Sometimes it’s quite interesting.’ In his east London studio, the Scottish artist Charles Avery blocks out the neighbourhood chaos with noise-cancelling headphones and tennis commentary

In his east London studio, the Scottish artist blocks out the neighbourhood chaos with noise-cancelling headphones and tennis commentary

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 1d

In 1937, 357 of Lovis Corinth’s works were confiscated from German museums. An exhibition in Berlin about what happened to them next makes questions of provenance utterly compelling, writes Matthew Sperling

The cancelled, confiscated, vindicated art of Lovis Corinth

The story of how the painter’s ‘degenerate’ works did or didn’t return to Berlin’s Nationalgalerie makes for a gripping show, writes Matthew Sperling

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 1d

As a major survey opens at the Yale Center for British Art, Hew Locke talks to Apollo about decorating statues and the ornamental side of the British Empire

Hew Locke and the Empire’s new clothes

On the eve of a major US survey, the artist talks to Fatema Ahmed about decorating statues and the ornamental side of the British Empire

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 1d

Recently restored, Hogarth’s monumental paintings in the north wing of St Bartholemew’s Hospital in London show a more caring side of the satirical genius, writes Kirsten Tambling

The healing powers of Hogarth

Recently restored, Hogarth’s monumental paintings in the north wing of St Bartholemew’s Hospital in London show a more caring side of the satirical genius, writes Kirsten Tambling

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 1d

Although she seemed destined for a career in the avant-garde, Janet Dawson upped sticks to rural New South Wales and began painting life on the farm. Jane O’Sullivan reviews an exhibition of her work in Sydney

How Janet Dawson set her sight on new horizons

After an avant-garde start, the Australian painter upped sticks to rural New South Wales and began painting life on the farm, writes Jane O’Sullivan

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 1d

‘Though less well-known than his Italian counterpart Bernini, Quellinus is considered the greatest sculptor of the Flemish and Dutch baroque’ – Antonia Boström on the mighty sculptures of Artus Quellinus, currently on display at the Royal Palace Amsterdam

The mighty sculptures of Artus Quellinus

The Flemish master brought mythic grandeur to the town hall of Amsterdam with his dramatic carvings, writes Antonia Boström

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 1d

Just how British is British art? Carlo Corsato welcomes a new study arguing that ‘the finest achievements in British painting resulted from cultural assimilation rather than native genius, challenging comfortable assumptions about the purity of the national study.’

How British is British art?

A new book by Leslie Primo argues that cultural cross-pollination is at the heart of Britain’s national story, writes Carlo Corsato

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 1d

‘For sure, there are bad paintings here, but there are rarely two exactly alike and that’s a sign of a guiding intelligence’ – Morgan Falconer on the early, usually overlooked work of Donald Judd

How Donald Judd found his way to minimalism

The artist’s early paintings were a necessary preparation for his pioneering less-is-more installations, writes Morgan Falconer

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 1d

‘Queen Victoria might not be amused to find her saloon car hitched to a locomotive bearing the name of William Gladstone.’ On the bicentenary of the first railway journey in Britain, David Gelber takes a tour of the royal carriages at the National Railway Museum in York

Take a whistle-stop tour of Britain’s most stylish trains

The newly renovated Station Hall at the National Railway Museum transports visitors through 200 years of train travel, writes David Gelber