Apollo Magazine

Hilma af Klint has led the charge when it comes to the re-evaluation of esoteric artists. But, as an exhibition in Helsinki of Nordic women who were drawn to the spiritual side of life shows, she was far from being alone in the cosmos apollo-magazine.com/arcana-b…

The writer and polemicist John Berger, best known for the TV series ‘Ways of Seeing’ and the book of the same name, was born 100 years ago today. Conrad Landin reviews a new biography of the renegade art critic who became a household name. apollo-magazine.com/john-ber…

‘We might be looking at an academic exercise from a past century, set in place to test a student’s powers of observation and technical skill. But somehow, we know we’re not.’ Keith Miller salutes a painting of a dead robin by George Shaw apollo-magazine.com/george-s…

University College London holds the largest collection of works by the neoclassical sculptor John Flaxman. His plaster models and gestural drawings show why, 200 years after the artist’s death, his reputation is due a revival, writes Brigid von Preussen apollo-magazine.com/john-fla…

From Franz West’s tongue-in-cheek sculptures in Vienna to a new film by Nan Goldin in London, Apollo picks must-see museum shows in November apollo-magazine.com/agenda-m…

For Zachary Ginsberg, the Met’s double-header of paintings by Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock shows us that it took years for both artists to make their best work and how the couple ‘worked with and against each other to get there’. apollo-magazine.com/lee-kras…

‘I worry that we might reach a situation where applications written by AI are being processed by AI, all in the name of supporting human creativity.’ Hettie Judah says there has to be a better way of funding artists in the UK. apollo-magazine.com/artists-…

A visit to the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta inspired Charles Greig to start collecting 18th- and 19th-century paintings made in India. He talks to Apollo about why this art matters and why he has now given 50 works to the Tate, no strings attached. apollo-magazine.com/indian-a…

‘He had the perfect vantage from which to see a lot of people but never get close enough to discover what any of them were thinking, saying or feeling.’ Matthew Sperling on the impersonal art of L.S. Lowry apollo-magazine.com/lowry-th…

London’s pre-eminent event for Asian art returns, with dealers showing everything from Korean ceramics to Indian miniatures. Here are Apollo’s highlights apollo-magazine.com/around-t…

The November issue of Apollo is out now, featuring an interview with Celia Paul, Tate’s new collection of Indian art, Berlin’s most exciting contemporary art museum at 30, a photographic love letter to London, and much more. apollo-magazine.com/issue/no…

The Jewish Museum in New York is celebrating the work of the women who powered the Wiener Werkstätte, the Vienna workshop that revolutionised modern design in the early 20th century. Eve M. Kahn is thrilled by their creative efforts. apollo-magazine.com/women-wi…

Anne Vallayer-Coster was as successful an artist as a woman in 18th-century France could be – and her paintings display a quietly competitive attitude towards her male peers, writes Michael Prodger. apollo-magazine.com/anne-val…

‘AI has turned the flow of images into a tsunami; Jafa’s aesthetic, a kind of visual ADHD, mirrors the malaise’. Sukhdev Sandhu on the New Museum’s Arthur Jafa retrospective. apollo-magazine.com/arthur-j…

‘The curators come as close as anyone to rehabilitating Renoir as a great artist.’ Sam Kitchener reviews the National Gallery’s survey of the most divisive of the Impressionists. apollo-magazine.com/renoir-a…

As the National Theatre in London marks the 50th anniversary of its South Bank home, Denys Lasdun’s landmark building has lost none of its drama, writes Will Wiles. apollo-magazine.com/national…

In everyday language, the word ‘curated’ suggests an element of falsehood as much as care. Hettie Judah asks what this can tell us about the curator’s role in contemporary art apollo-magazine.com/curate-m…

The collector Gustave Fayet, who bought Post-Impressionists by the score, was also a prolific artist in his own right – and both sides of his insatiable appetite are now on show at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, writes Richard Pound. apollo-magazine.com/gustave-…

Salman Toor’s borrowing from Rembrandt, Manet and other artists is made clear at the Courtauld, where his works hang near some of the masterpieces that inspired them – and more than hold their own. apollo-magazine.com/salman-t…

From mega collectors and Tate Modern and the YBAs and Shoreditch parties, the 1990s was a defining era for the London art scene. Jane Morris reflects on a decade of daring and decadence. apollo-magazine.com/90s-tate…