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
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
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
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...