Repairing Houses of Parliament could cost £40bn

Your digest of the top events, art news and gossip       Get more great writing every day – from just £1 a week     Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture Frick Collection, New York | 12 Feb–25 May The society painter's portraits are a visual encyclopaedia of Georgian taste       Bernini and the Barberinis Palazzo Barberini, Rome | 12 Feb–14 Jun The pre-eminent baroque sculptor in Rome had friends in very high places       Seurat and the Sea Courtauld Gallery, London | 13 Feb–17 May Shimmering seascapes reveal a refreshingly different side of the Neo-Impressionist       John Vanbrugh: Blueprints of Power Blenheim Palace, Woodstock | 14 Feb–10 Apr The architect's grand designs sometimes made him more enemies than friends         Repairing the Houses of Parliament could cost up to £40bn over 60 years if MPs don't move out | Stephen Friedman Gallery has gone into administration – and Mnuchin Gallery is to close after its founder's death | In New York, the School of Visual Arts's chair, David A. Ross, has resigned over links to Jeffrey Epstein – and, in France, Jack Lang is under pressure to resign as chair of the Institut du Monde Arabe | the Flemish government has scrapped plans to strip the M HKA of museum status | and the Philadelphia Museum of Art is going by its old name again, after a controversial rebrand         In praise of Miss Piggy, porcine superstar         SPONSORED CONTENT FROM     Henry Fuseli was born in Zurich on 7 February 1741, 285 years ago this week. He become known for dramatic paintings of nightmares, apparitions and supernatural encounters, showing us how dreams express fears, desires and emotions that bypass rational thought. Dreams have fascinated artists across cultures and centuries; many have seen them as portals to hidden knowledge or creative revelation. Frequently interpreted as divine or subconscious messages, dreams provide artists with visual vocabularies for expressing truths or experiences that resist literal representation. This week we present four works about dreams and nightmares, revealing how artists translate ephemeral visions into enduring visual forms. 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.       Each year the Royal Society of Sculptors (RSS) organises the Gilbert Bayes Award, which recognises early-career sculptors of outstanding talent. An exhibition of the 10 winners, curated by Freeny Yianni, is currently on display at TM Gallery in London until 11 March. Yianni, who was selected by the RSS's board to be the guest judge of the award, is the curator, founder and owner of Close Gallery in Taunton, Somerset. She will be in conversation with Apollo – as part of our ongoing series of talks at TM Gallery – from 18:30 on Wednesday 11 February. Click here to register for a private view of the award winners' work and to hear Yianni discuss these works, how sustainability applies to sculpture, and her thoughts on the current state of the art form.     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.