In defence of the dodo

Your digest of the top events, art news and gossip       Get more great writing every day – from just £1 a week     Masterpieces from the Borghese Gallery Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris | 6 Sept–5 Jan 2025 Old Masters from Italy take up temporary residence in Paris this month       The Dance of Life: Figure and Imagination in American Art, 1876–1917 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven | 6 Sept–5 Jan 2025 Public commissions during the American Renaissance were very people-centric       Surrealism Centre Pompidou, Paris | 4 Sept–13 Jan 2025 The centenary of Surrealism is celebrated in the movement's home city       Mark Bradford: Keep Walking Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin | 6 Sept–18 May 2025 The American artist's monumental works get a suitably spacious setting in Berlin         Victoria Siddall, a former head of Frieze fairs, has been appointed director of the National Portrait Gallery in London | The British Museum has shortlisted five architects' firms for a major refurbishment | The art historian and critic David Anfam, an expert on Abstract Expressionism, has died at the age of 69 | and a museum in Pennsylvania has agreed to sell a Cranach and share proceeds with the heirs of its Jewish owners         The artists who have come to the defence of the dodo       More from Apollo Current issue | Advertise | Podcasts   View this email in your browser   Follow us Apollo Magazine, 22 Old Queen Street, London, SW1H 9HP. All Articles and Content Copyright © 2024 by Apollo Magazine. All Rights Reserved. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe at any time. To ensure our emails are delivered to your inbox, please add Apollo to your email address book and safe-sender list.