Apollo

For 100 years it has covered everything from antiquities to contemporary work, publishing exclusive interviews with the world’s most important artists and collectors, reviews and previews of exhibitions, and thought-provoking features on all aspects of art. Each issue also contains Apollo’s regular columns, including food, wine, architecture and much more. Apollo is always elegantly illustrated, authoritative and entertaining.

Apollo

Mixed feelings

AGENDA • Apollo’s exhibitions of the month

Flashes of inspiration • A series of exhibitions across Europe celebrate photographic pioneers from Peter Hujar to Martin Parr

Moving mountains • A group of exhibitions displaying virtuosic art from the Himalayas and northern India are taking place across the United States this month

Asia Week New York • The annual city-wide event takes place over a week, but its goal is to champion Asian art all year round, writes MICHAEL DELGADO

Adoration of Mägi • ARJUN SAJIP goes on the trail of Konrad Mägi, a pioneer of Baltic modernism

Cross purposes • HETTIE JUDAH on the faith that sustains Tracey Emin’s art

‘The size feels irresponsible’ • DEBIKA RAY finds inspiration and frustration at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale

The man who made modern Shanghai • EDWIN HEATHCOTE on László Hudec, the Hungarian architect who went east, not west, between the wars

A perfect pairing • Alexis Soyer was one of the most celebrated chefs in Victorian London – and paintings by his wife, Emma, are ripe for rediscovery, writes ANDREW JONES

Pride of place • At La Motte vineyard, landscapes by the ‘Cézanne of South Africa’ are at one with the surrounding terrain, writes CHRISTINA MAKRIS

Shape Shifter • Metamorphosis is a running theme in the work of Miquel Barceló, who moves between painting and ceramics to translate his ideas into images – whether that’s a transformational installation at Palma Cathedral in his native Mallorca, or illustrating Kafka

Out of this world • In an effort to achieve eternal life, the kings of Korea’s Joseon dynasty commissioned mystical screen paintings that represented longevity. Yeonsoo Chee of the Art Institute of Chicago decodes a 19th-century masterpiece

THE HARD YARDS • From the Comédie-Française to the National Gallery in London, the documentary portraits of the film-maker Frederick Wiseman reveal the painstaking work that goes into creative expression

EAST SIDE STORY • Since the 1950s, New York’s Asia Society has aimed to foster cross-cultural understanding, equipped with a collection of masterpieces assembled by its founder, John D. Rockefeller III

Romancing the stone • Demand for Chinese jade may have slowed in recent years, but the best pieces are miracles of craftsmanship, writes EMMA CRICHTON-MILLER

After the gold rush • ANNA BRADY finds out how the LA scene is recovering from last year’s devastating fires

REVIEWS • EXHIBITIONS HATS OFF TO WILLIAM NICHOLSON, THE SISTERS WHO SHOOK UP VICTORIAN CULTURE, DIANE SIMPSON IN FINE FORM BOOKS HOLBEIN THE WORKAHOLIC, ART IN TIMES OF TURBULENCE, AND THE LONG AFTERLIFE OF JEAN-PAUL MARAT

The glint of genius • This show makes clear how serious William Nicholson was, and how seriously underrated, writes PETER PARKER

Seven wonders • The siblings at the centre of Victorian art and culture are brought vividly back to life, writes LUCY DAVIES

Simpson hits a homer • After half a century, two shows bring into focus an artist we should have been watching all along, writes CLAIRE BARLIANT

OFF THE SHELF • Apollo’s selection of new books on art, architecture and the history of collecting

Super Hans • TIM SMITH-LAING on what drove the painter who gave us our image of the...