Apollo's wandering eye on the art world. Look out for regular posts taking a rakish perspective on art and museum stories. Got a story for Rakewell? Email rakewell@apollomag.com. Follow @Rakewelltweets.
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A portrait photograph long thought to show Van Gogh turns out to depict his brother Theo
Plus: a street artist with a vendetta in LA and Jerry Saltz dresses up as Frida Kahlo
A copy of a self-help book once owned by Michael Jackson is up for auction – personalised by the King of Pop himself
Plus: Picasso at Annabel’s and Donald Trump rides across a golden burger
A feline farce at the Onomichi City Museum of Art has got social media purring
Sotheby’s is selling a clutch of canvases by Old Blue Eyes – as well as a number of curious Sinatra souvenirs
A painter in London is inviting the public to get creative with her portrait of Boris Johnson – by making their own additions
Plus: selfie sabotage at a museum in Russia and Jim Carrey takes on Ted Cruz... with a painting
The Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon is displaying Cromwell artefacts that have never been shown in public before – including his baby clothes
