Bob Dylan once gave this painting away for free but the times, they have a-changed and he not busy being born is busy buying apollo-magazine.com/bob-dylan-1968… via Rakewell

‘I am every conservator’s nightmare – that person who wants to touch the art’: Hettie Judah is tempted by sculpture that appeals to all the senses apollo-magazine.com/sensory-touch-…

In the late 1790s, French women looking for new forms of freedom were often seen through the lens of ancient and mythical histories, writes Tom Stammers

‘The most captivating moment of theatre I can recall in a museum’ – Samuel Reilly makes a date with the Stone of Destiny at the new Perth Museum apollo-magazine.com/perth-museum-s…

‘Often the most appropriate frame is the most invisible frame.’
Meet the National Gallery’s head of framing, Peter Schade, who quietly transforms how the UK’s masterpieces are seen

The National Gallery’s first 38 paintings came from the collection of a Russian-born financier. Two hundred years later, the taste of John Julius Angerstein is still making itself felt today, writes Kirsten Tambling #NG200

Three hundred years of cultural exchange between the Low Countries and the Islamic world are the focus of a show that opens tomorrow @HarvArtMuseums – one of Apollo’s Art Diary picks for this week

Humans – and dogs, hats and umbrellas – have often featured in architectural drawings. You may wonder why, writes William Aslet, but the best architecture has always been about the people

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‘Often the most appropriate frame is the most invisible frame.’
Meet the National Gallery’s head of framing, Peter Schade, who quietly transforms how the UK’s masterpieces are seen

Humans – and dogs, hats and umbrellas – have often featured in architectural drawings. You may wonder why, writes William Aslet, but the best architecture has always been about the people

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell whether the finalists of the annual Loewe Foundation Craft Prize are artisans aspiring to art, or artists getting crafty, writes Edward Behrens

Tamara de Lempicka was born #OTD in 1898. Susan Moore surveys the art-market allure of the Polish artist, and looks at how she drew on influences from Bronzino to Ingres to cubism to forge her singular style
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An exhibition opening tomorrow Tate Britain offers visitors a chance to see some 150 works by trailblazing artists ranging from Artemisia Gentileschi to Gwen John. ‘Now You See Us’ is one of Apollo’s Art Diary picks for this week

Richard Avedon was born #OTD in 1923. Phillip Prodger explains how, at a publicity shoot for Warner Bros’ ‘The Prince and the Showgirl’ in 1957, the photographer caught Marilyn Monroe at an unusually vulnerable moment
#fromthearchives

Horses were central to Théodore Géricault’s art. An exhibition opening today Musée de la Vie romantique demonstrates this amply, and is one of Apollo’s Art Diary picks for this week

In the late 1790s, women looking for new forms of freedom after the French Revolution were often inspired by ancient role models, writes Tom Stammers Getty Publications

An immersive installation by Steve McQueen has taken over a 30,000-square-foot gallery Dia Art Foundation to coincide with the institution’s 50-year anniversary. It’s one of Apollo’s Art Diary picks for this week

In its telling of the story of Japan’s Arts and Crafts movement, the William Morris Gallery takes a refreshingly international approach, writes TanyaHarrod

The National Gallery’s first 38 paintings came from the collection of a Russian-born financier. Two hundred years later, the taste of John Julius Angerstein is still making itself felt today, writes Kirsten Tambling #NG200