A university museum in Houston has removed a revolver from an artwork critical of Texan gun culture – and Rakewell is baffled by the decision
The high-school pottery that fooled an antiques expert, Darth Vader hits the museums, and an artist who has removed his nipples in, erm, the name of art
Rakewell enjoys lunches Damien Hirst’s new Pharmacy 2 restaurant – if only the waiters would provide earplugs to drown out the ’90s soundtrack
Art slides and crazy golf in London, and Giacometti’s Jezza phase
Introducing Rakewell, Apollo’s wandering eye on the art world. Look out for regular posts taking a rakish perspective on art…
Italian scientists claim art is a stress buster, while the staff of a London gallery have been told to put their feet up. Rakewell has his doubts…
The garden bridge gets hijacked on Twitter. Plus, how Damien Hirst like his fish cooked (clue: he’s fussy)
Rakewell likes nothing better than a good bit of amateur genealogy
Handbags at dawn! Plans to install a statue of Margaret Thatcher have been quashed!
Rakewell ponders two statues in London that have come in for criticism because they are missing vital accessories
David Shrigley’s foam hands, Olafur Eliasson’s shaky economics and a chance to buy Andy Warhol’s studio
Whatever your thing, says Rakewell, there’s a museum for you out there somewhere
Zac Goldsmith isn't the only mayoral candidate to have been left floundering this week by his ignorance of the city’s museums
Neither Zac Goldsmith nor Sadiq Khan seem to know a thing about the capital’s museums
Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman claims that Brazilian protesters have plagiarised his inflatable rubber duck.
Narcissism helps to sell art? Explains why contemporary artists love mirrors so much
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
I hate Frieze. It’s a tent. In a park. That sells art. Not a cultural phenomenon
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
December 2024
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Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
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This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
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