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APOLLO MAGAZINE – NOVEMBER 2026

November 2026

APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Tate’s new collection of Indian art’ | Celia Paul finds herself in Venice | a photographic love letter to London | Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof at 30

Two starchitects, one art museum: can a clash of styles work?

Do the Fondation Beyeler’s new buildings by Peter Zumthor fit in with the rest of the site designed by Renzo Piano? Perhaps they aren’t trying to

What blockbuster auctions tell us about the value of art

The October auctions are always a test of the health of the art market, but there’s more than one way to read the results

Could members’ clubs bring new collectors into the art market?

From the November 2026 issue of Apollo. About a decade ago I found myself in a private room at the Arts Club on Dover Street in Mayfair explaining the reasons for my selection of that year’s international exhibitions, biennnials and art fairs to a table of wealthy diners. The expensively, if discreetly, dressed group – […]

The French restaurant that really does turn food into art

Guy Savoy is the first chef ever to be elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in France. A meal at his restaurant in Paris proves why he deserves this unprecedented honour

APOLLO MAGAZINE – OCTOBER 2026

October 2026 issue

APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘ROY LICHTENSTEIN’S EXPLOSIVE GENIUS’| France’s grandest interior designer | the birth of the London art scene | why dinosaurs rule at auction

Roy Lichtenstein’s explosive genius

The artist’s bold work arrived with a bang, but the American Pop artist was also responding to earlier revolutions

Does democracy have an architecture of its own?

Jan-Werner Müller’s new book explores the question of how we might design truly democratic spaces, but perhaps the answer lies in our own behaviour

What to see at Art Basel Paris

The vibrant modern and contemporary fair is showing no signs of slowing down

Charting the expanding market for historical maps

From early atlases of the Americas to the oldest surviving town plan of London, interest in important significant maps is spreading

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS MAGAZINE – AUTUMN 2026

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS MAGAZINE: The latest issue features Anna Thomasson dives in to the art of the French Riviera, and Jennifer Higgie explores the enduring appeal of Richard Dadd. Plus a visit to the home of Ishbel Myerscough RA, Sunil Gupta on a life documenting queer communities, Adrian Searle on Sophie Calle and Philippa Perry on the role art plays in her life.

A history of British Folklore in art

We asked artist and folklore fanatic Ben Edge to give us a crash course in British folk art. By Ben Edge

Start Here: 5 things to know about Richard Dadd

Richard Dadd was a Victorian artist whose elaborate worlds radiate with imaginative power. Here are five things to know about Dadd’s life and art.

The John Madejski Fine Rooms

16 December 2025 – 29 January 2027 – Burlington House

Discover the historic Fine Rooms at the heart of Burlington House and see treasures from the RA Collection spanning more than 300 years.

APOLLO MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 2026

September 2026

APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘In Rome, Face to face with the Torlonia marbles | the meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry | an interview with Sunil Gupta | are commercial galleries broken?

What today’s urban planners can learn from a 1960s visionary

Gordon Cullen’s drawings for Townscape, his guide to urban planning, lend the subject a beguiling romanticism

Old Masters to discover at Florence’s most important art fair

The long-running fair dedicated to Italian art rests on the quality of its pre-19th-century offerings – and there’s much to delight here

Is Risorgimento art breaking out beyond Italy?

Paintings made during the struggle for unification and independence are a niche interest abroad, but a few gems have risen to the top

Are commercial galleries ‘broken’ – or just in need of fresh thinking?

Businesses of all sizes might be forced to go back to basics if they want to survive

APOLLO MAGAZINE – JULY/AUGUST 2026 PREVIEW

July/August 2026

APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Once upon a time in America’; The New York Historical gets more democratic | does sculpture have a solid future? | the Musée du Quai Branly at 20 | Côte d’Ivoire’s supersized capital

The Czechs who brought cubism to architecture

For a brief period before the First World War, oblique angles and angular planes were all the rage in Prague

The American collectors for whom West is best

Artworks documenting the Wild West are becoming increasingly sought-after – and collectors are paying big bucks to lasso the best ones

APOLLO MAGAZINE ———- JUNE 2026 PREVIEW

June 2026 - Apollo Magazine

APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Hare Style’ – Vienna’s Albertina at 250…

APOLLO MAGAZINE ———- MAY 2026 PREVIEW

Apollo issue: May 2026

APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features Inside the crisis at the Louvre | how Marcel Duchamp invented modern art | an interview with Abbas Akhavan | Whistler shows his metal

FEATURES | Valeria Costa-Kostritsky explores the crisis at the Louvre; Hettie Judah talks to Abbas Akhavan before the artist represents Canada at the Venice Biennale; Ana María Bresciani of the Munchmuseet on Edvard Munch and the chocolate factory; Nicole Rudick on how Marcel Duchamp has been misunderstood; and Tara Contractor takes a closer look at Whistler’s love of metallic surfaces

REVIEWS | Sheila Barker on Raphael’s interest in women – and their interest in him; Zachary Ginsberg takes the temperature of contemporary American art at the Whitney Biennial; Digby Warde-Aldam admires Hurvin Anderson’s tricky balancing acts; Robert Hanks on the role of man’s best friend in art history; and William Aslet on the craftsmen behind some of Britain and Ireland’s best buildings

MARKET | Jane Morris on the status of online auctions; Emma Crichton-Miller on the mid-century French designers who married form, function and fun; in New York fair previews: Fatema Ahmed picks highlights from TEFAF; and Arjun Sajip looks ahead to Frieze

PLUS | Charles Darwent salutes the subtleties of Jasper Johns; Samuel Reilly on the threat to one of Glasgow’s most unusual attractions; Will Wiles applauds the witty architectural cartoons of Alan Dunn; Ivan Day on extravagant banquets in the Georgian era; Christina Makris visits the vineyard of Château La Coste; Helena Attlee is fired up by a depiction of Mount Etna; and Edward Behrens on a sale that shines new light on Gerhard Richter

APOLLO MAGAZINE ———- APRIL 2026 PREVIEW

April 2026 - Apollo Magazine

APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Exposed! – Italy’s First Photos”

How Milan is refashioning itself as a contemporary art hub

The city has long been synonymous with finance, fashion and design, but it is increasingly banking on art too

The dangers of playing the ‘beautiful’ game

The idea of the beautiful and the damned is a longstanding one, but a problematic one – in art as well as life


Restoring Dresden’s crowning glory

The city has been rebuilding the Residenzschloss, home of its one-time ruler Augustus the Strong, since the Second World War – and the results are worth the wait

Simply red: a short history of Shiraz

The Shiraz grape is native to France, but it has longstanding links with Persian courtly life and culture

APOLLO MAGAZINE ——- MARCH 2026 PREVIEW

Anthony van Dyck | Exact Editions

APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Van Dyck’s Ruff Magic’….

Was Henri Rousseau a sophisticate all along?

The self-taught painter had a trememdous sense of self-belief, despite being ridiculed in his lifetime. A landmark exhibition confirms him as a singularly modern artist

East Side success story: the Asia Society at 70

Since 1956, the New York institution has fostered cross-cultural understanding, equipped with a collection of masterpieces assembled by its founder, John D. Rockefeller

When art becomes an act of last resort

Joseph Koerner’s account of art made in extremis turns Bosch, Beckmann and Kentridge into unexpected associates across the ages

APOLLO MAGAZINE – FEBRUARY 2026 PREVIEW

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APOLLO MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Miquel Barceló’s Mutant Art’….

The Asia Society Turns 70

Los Angeles After The Fires

Hans Holbein’s Big Break

On Viollet-le-Duc, the punchbag of Notre-Dame

While the architect’s approach to restoring France’s medieval buildings remains controversial, his many and varied talents are still utterly awe-inspiring by Tim Smith-Laing