Art rises from the Ashes

Your digest of the top events, art news and gossip       A New Year's resolution you'll want to keep - subscribe and get six months for half price     Hercules: Hero and Antihero Zwinger, Dresden | until 28 June Artistic depictions of the beefy demigod have often focused on his failings       Reality and Imagination: Rembrandt and the Jews in the Dutch Republic Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | until 1 December The painter lived in the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam – and you can see its influence in his work       Gertrude & Friends: The Wisconsin Magic Realists Milwaukee Art Museum | until July Gertrude Abercrombie's Midwestern circle had fantastical tastes in art       Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750–1850 Yale Center for British Art, New Haven | 8 Jan–21 June The largest and most powerful corporation of its time had artistic muscle too         The UK government is insuring the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the tune of £800m | Tristram Hunt, director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, has been knighted in the UK's New Year Honours list | the curator of the Istanbul Biennial has resigned and the event will end early | Guy Wildenstein has stepped down as president of Wildenstein & Co – but not because of his conviction for tax fraud, he says         Art rises from the Ashes     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 © 2026 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.