At home with Cézanne

Your digest of the top events, art news and gossip       Get more great writing every day – from just £1 a week     Cézanne at Jas de Bouffan Musée Granet, Aix-en Provence | 28 June–12 Oct Aix celebrates a summer of Cézanne as the painter's country house reopens       Paul Poiret: Fashion is a Feast Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris | 25 June–11 Jan 2026 The corset-disdaining couturier was known in Paris as 'Le Magnifique'       Kiefer/Van Gogh Royal Academy of Arts, London | 28 June–26 Oct The Dutchman really made an impression on Anselm Kiefer       Amy Sillman: Alternate Side (Permutations #1–32) Dia Bridgehampton, New York | 28 June– The artist tries printmaking in three dimensions in the Hamptons         Museums in Iran and Israel have moved artefacts to secure locations amid the escalating conflict | Italy has slashed VAT on art sales from 22 per cent to 5 per cent | a UN report has determined that Israel's attacks on Palestinian cultural and religious sites constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity | an earthquake in northern Greece has damaged monasteries and churches | workers at the Louvre went on strike on Monday – while in London, security guards have secured 'life-changing' pay rises after a series of strikes | archaeologists in London have pieced together several ancient Roman frescoes         And just like that, TEFAF enters the limelight         On Wednesday 2 July at 6.30pm, Pooja Singhal, founder of the atelier Pichvai: Tradition & Beyond, and Edward Behrens, editor of Apollo, are in conversation to inaugurate a landmark exhibition of Pichvai art from the miniature schools of Rajasthan to London. Pichvai is a detailed, hand-painted textile traditionally hung behind the idol of Shrinathji, a cherubic incarnation of Lord Krishna. This is the first exhibition of the art form in the UK and will include some 400 hand-painted works from the past 100 years, to allow visitors to get to know the historical significance of this centuries-old art form and its evolution. The event is taking place at the Mall Galleries in London. Click here to book your place.       SPONSORED CONTENT FROM     Today the Royal Observatory in Greenwich is celebrating its 350th anniversary, commemorating the day King Charles II commissioned the project to solve the problem of measuring longitude at sea. From this small hillside building in south London, generations of astronomers have mapped the heavens and tracked the movements of stars; it is where Greenwich Mean Time – the temporal anchor of our modern, interconnected world – was established. The artistic imagination has long been captivated by celestial phenomena: think of Vincent Van Gogh's spiralling stars, William Blake's cosmic visions, Vija Celmins's meticulous drawings of night skies. Like astronomers, many artists attempt to make visible what might otherwise remain unseen or unperceived. This week we explore four works that capture our relationship with the celestial realm in very different ways. This is part of our 'Four things to see' series, which offers you a new way into some of the world's greatest collections, sponsored by Bloomberg Connects: the free arts and culture app.     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 © 2025 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.