Rakewell

Zaha Hadid’s favourite rapper, art in space, and why Prince Philip doesn’t rate Lucian Freud

Rakewell reflects on how the public has started taking restitution into its own hands

The Met’s rebranding exercise has not gone well, Kanye West needs $1 billion, and London’s art world has been partying in the name of pretentiousness

Kanye West thinks he’s Picasso or Michelangelo – but Rakewell is not so sure

The Cornish pasty museum and now booking: Van Gogh’s bedroom on Airbnb

Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst are building and burrowing in London – but at what cost, asks Rakewell

Not-so-radical street art and the Cerne Abbas giant censored at the Palace of Westminster

Spare a thought for the poor souls at the Creation Museum, says Rakewell, whose ambitions are being held up by red tape

Rakewell ponders why an airport would install an artist in residence

The return of the fig leaf, Thomas Heatherwick’s selective statistics, and a museum director in the postroom

Harry Styles turns to painting, the new British Museum director’s penchant for Prince, and why Arts Council initiatives sound like second-rate action films

British sculptor Antony Gormley has a furry new fan

Great to have a show dedicated to women artists – but why the baffling title?

The Guerrilla Girls appeared on TV this week with more than just their faces obscured…

Move over David Gandy…