A ‘cubist’ computer game; vegan art; and Matt Hancock gets to grips with being culture minister
The great photographer proves to be a man of few words – albeit with a grin – at a National Portrait Gallery event
There’s an enough anti-Donald work out there to dub a new artistic movement
Van Gogh lookalikes are taking over the asylum, or so it seems from Douglas Coupland’s latest project
It seems Ed Vaizey saw the writing on the wall...
A David Bowie body-paint competition; a 91-year-old gets to grips with conceptual art; and farewell to Ed Vaizey
The British Museum seems up for some Pokémon related fun and games: Washington’s Holocaust Museum, understandably, less so…
Was Lady Liberty a man? Plus a museum dedicated to Prince, and the fine art of Milton Keynes
Museum directors and macaroni, and what Grayson Perry’s teddy bear makes of Brexit
A Lancaster councillor has told museums they are ‘stuck in the past’. Plus a Game of Thrones art and Michel Houellebecq’s dead dog
Frieze will be turning its hand to exhibition reenactment this year
Introducing Rakewell, Apollo’s wandering eye on the art world. Look out for regular posts taking a rakish perspective on art…
As the EU referendum arrives, Rakewell rounds up the art world response – which includes some wacky works
Lionel Richie, artist’s muse, plus the Tate’s retail adventure
Florian Nicolle’s ESPN posters for Euro 2016 leave Rakewell to ponder national characteristics
Chipperfield’s grand anti-Brexit gesture falls flat; Marc Quinn pledges his services to orchids; and Picasso washes up on the beach
Guests at the art fair’s private view on Monday are in for a wild night…
Archaeologists inform a Greek hotel owner that he has not in fact discovered an Atlantean wonder off a Greek island
An unsightly selfie statue, Lego gets taken to pieces, and trouble at the Jack the Ripper Museum
Street art is coming in from the cold in museums and commercial developments. It’s official – graffiti has become institutional.
Artists and cultural figures have declared themselves for the ‘In’ campaign. Must make for some tricky meetings with the culture secretary…
A prank ‘artwork’ at SFMOMA, and art thieves caught on camera in Madrid
A Coronation Street character is heading to art school. What’s next, the Turner Prize?
Victoria Beckham gets the Venus de Milo treatment; what Dubya’s family think of his painting; and the Pont des Arts minus the padlocks
Sainsbury’s bid to employ an artist (for free); love in the Tate Modern carpark; and Fearne Cotton’s art for the apiarists
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
Martha Stewart’s recipe for success