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Samuel Reilly

Glasgow

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Weathering, feathering, tiding, abiding. Writer on art and culture in Glasgow; @SGSAH funded PhD at @univofstandrews, studying Nigerian art

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  • 1 month ago | apollo-magazine.com | Ed Behrens |Samuel Reilly |Susan Moore |Rosalind Jana

    In this issue It’s time for the UK to act on restitution An interview with Alex Da Corte The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Music-making in Renaissance Italy Plus: a new golden age at Versailles, Cycladic art over the centuries, the dangers of living in Los Angeles, Tracey Emin’s passion for painting, what new EU import laws will do to the art market, and a preview of TEFAF Maastricht; with reviews of modernism in Brazil, the drawings of Henri Michaux, and the essays of Svetlana Alpers. And...

  • 1 month ago | apollo-magazine.com | Samuel Reilly

    Salon du Dessin is still a delight for drawings enthusiasts THIS ARTICLE IS FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY François I receives The Holy Family by Raphaêl (1813), Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemmonier. Courtesy Galerie F. Baulme Fine Arts, Belgium

  • 2 months ago | apollo-magazine.com | Ed Behrens |Samuel Reilly |Michael Delgado |Hettie Judah

    In this issue How pastels caused a stir in 18th-century ParisCimabue, the first light of the RenaissanceWhen Rubens was king of his own castleWill US tariffs threaten the art market? Also: American museums and the culture wars, in defence of eccentrics, the retro pleasures of Viennetta, Italy’s answer to Versailles; reviews of Orphism in New York and medieval women in London, John Singer Sargent’s favourite family, and the only Disney character who was ever funny.

  • Jan 20, 2025 | apollo-magazine.com | Samuel Reilly

    At BRAFA, surprise encounters are the key to success THIS ARTICLE IS FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Panther brooch of onyx, emerald and diamond, made by Cartier in the early 21st century. Courtesy Epoque Fine Jewels

  • Jan 2, 2025 | apollo-magazine.com | Edward M Behrens |Samuel Reilly |Irina Dumitrescu |Hettie Judah

    In this issue • The art of divination• Will the art market recover in 2025? • The obsessive collecting of Mario Praz• An interview with Jake GrewalAlso: Edith Wharton’s dream house, the tempting textiles of Sheila Hicks, how the return of Asante gold has been received in Ghana, the architect who startled Georgian London; reviews of Sienese painting at the Met and high tech art at Tate Modern, the life of Augustus the Strong and a photo-novel about eccentric sisters.

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Samuel Reilly
Samuel Reilly @SamuelReilly9
3 Oct 24

Just published – the official website of Peter de Francia, best described simply as an artist you really should know. Been a joy to put this together with his estate, and so pleased to have so many of his paintings and his incisive texts in one place. https://t.co/L047b7woyS

Samuel Reilly
Samuel Reilly @SamuelReilly9
21 Sep 24

The art critic David Sylvester was born #otd 100 years ago - for @Apollo_magazine I wrote about his sparring with Francis Bacon, his warring with John Berger and the substantial rewards of rereading his encounters with modern art today https://t.co/GeK0dagQmX

Samuel Reilly
Samuel Reilly @SamuelReilly9
19 Sep 24

Very sad news. Pleased that I got to speak to him in his massive warehouse of a studio – formerly a leather factory – while he smoked continual cigarettes and pressed my knowledge of Yeats, Blake, Douglas Dunn to and past its limit. An incredible artist, won't see his like again

Apollo Magazine
Apollo Magazine @Apollo_magazine

Norman Ackroyd died earlier this week at the age of 86. In 2018, @SamuelReilly9 spoke to the artist about the way his etchings capture the mood and meaning of Britain’s remotest landscapes