News & Comment
La gloire francais
The decorative arts of ancien régime france have for two centuries or more been the favourite style of the wealthy the world over. Can this last?
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CONTEMPORARY ART
Art Now: America
The Carnegie International challenges the interest of the idea that a thing can be a work of art in itself.
ARCHITECTURE
Spence's charm
Basil Spence's centenary is an opportunity to reassess the achievements of an architect who knew how to charm clients and please the public.
July & August 2008
The Courtauld at 75
The Courtauld Institute of Art in London celebrates its 75th birthday this academic year. Its reputation for excellence is as high as ever, but has it resolved all questions about purpose?
June 2008
Blog on with the Goncourts
Apollo has launched a blog, for news and comment about the visual arts. Although blogs proliferate, none can yet be ranked with such masterpieces as the goncourt journals.
May 2008
Banqueting with the ancestors
The articles on Chinese art in this issue have been guest-edited by Dame Jessica Rawson, Professor of Chinese Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford, Warden of Merton College and a member of Apollo's editorial board. Here she reflects on the characteristics of art in China.
July & August 2008
Art in old places
What can new art add to a historic setting? Three houses, the Louvre and a seaside town provide very different answers.
May 2007
Hugging the new
Far from causing shock, Avant-garde artists are now adored by the establishment. is that a triumph, or a sign that their art is a failure?
September 2007
Ancient & modernism
Prehistoric art often prompts the remark, ‘it looks so modern’ – but do contemporary artists agree?
July & August 2008
Hawksmoor Redivivus
Hawksmoor's genius, barely recognised until the 20th century, is triumphantly confirmed by the newly completed restoration of St George, Bloomsbury.
May 2007
A is for Aalto
An Exhibition in London on Alvar Aalto reveals the humane modernity of the finnish architect – but also his weirdness.
September 2007
Empire lines
The Eritrean city Asmara is an intact Italian colonial city. Now a source of national pride, it is a reminder of the high quality of italy’s architecture in the fascist years.