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.
Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman claims that Brazilian protesters have plagiarised his inflatable rubber duck.
An academic paper claims you can tell an artist's vanity by the size of their signature. Well, maybe.
Rakewell picks out his favourite lookalikes in historical paintings, from David Cameron to Sylvester Stallone
Iain Duncan Smith once said that oil painting was like politics – because you could easily paint over your mistakes. Rakewell picks out a few politicians who have done just that
Why has Arsène Wenger slipped in to artspeak? Plus a dog that can paint and more yet more art pouting from Kanye West
From Joseph Beuys to Dinos Chapman, the artists who have turned to music but should never have hit the studio
The Neapolitan dough boys have applied for protected status for pizza through UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage scheme
The Steve Lazarides effect, at home with Elton John and his collection, and the Museum of Broken Relationships heads to LA
The only near comparable disaster that sprung to mind was Saddam Hussein’s reconstruction of Babylon
