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.
The North Korean regime has banned foreigners from visiting monuments to the Kim dynasty
Eight of the stranger biennial concepts of recent years
A round-up of last week's art world tittle-tattle
A portrait of the singer-songwriter has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in London
Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich pitched up at the Met Gala naked – and in a sealed box
A dead bull is causing trouble in Tasmania, while Damien Hirst has been accused of mass murder (of houseflies)
A naked statue of Archimedes has provoked a complaint in an English village
Pluralist Emmanuel Macron came under fire for saying he’s never seen any French art
