Rakewell

The gift shops are full of seasonal offerings for your nearest and dearest – and Rakewell has some recommendations

Sotheby’s has hired Lyn Harris to respond to Dutch Golden Age paintings with her ‘olfactory poetic landscapes’ – but Rakewell smells a rat

Art-fair visitors who aren’t afraid to declare their worth can take advantage of MSCHF’s very public ATM machine

Phrygian cap or pussy hat? The mascot for the 2024 Paris Olympics seems to be making a bid for freedom

The sale of masterpieces at Christie’s shattered records – but has it really changed the art market?

Selling a misattributed work was a ‘prank’, according to André Heller – which leads Rakewell to reflect on the real classics of the genre

They are symbols of great change, but Rakewell finds pleasing continuities in the new Charles III coins

Thomas Blaikie pens a paean to the new emperor’s clothes

She has been outlasted by a lettuce – but could the Iceberg Lady take comfort from a pear-shaped French king?

The British prime minister has brought her knack for careful diplomacy to the Parthenon marbles row

Rakewell takes umbrage with the idea that the Hollywood superstar’s sculptures are to be taken seriously as art

Given J.R.R. Tolkien’s apparent attitude to cultural property, the British Museum made an interesting venue for ‘The Rings of Power’ launch party

Bringing the European bison to Kent is intended to do wonders for the woodland, but Rakewell can’t help wondering if art needs rewilding too

Leaders of the alliance’s member countries have a lot on their minds at the moment, but there was still time to look pensive in front of Old Master paintings at this week’s summit