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
A Kickstarter campaign to launch an Olsen twins museum has Rakewell reaching for his absinthe bottle
Iggy Pop has been getting his kit off (again), in the name of art
Zaha Hadid's favourite rapper, art in space, and why Prince Philip doesn't rate Lucian Freud
Rakewell reflects on how the public has started taking restitution into its own hands
The Met's rebranding exercise has not gone well, Kanye West needs $1 billion, and London's art world has been partying in the name of pretentiousness
Kanye West thinks he's Picasso or Michelangelo – but Rakewell is not so sure
The Cornish pasty museum and now booking: Van Gogh's bedroom on Airbnb
Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst are building and burrowing in London – but at what cost, asks Rakewell
Not-so-radical street art and the Cerne Abbas giant censored at the Palace of Westminster
Spare a thought for the poor souls at the Creation Museum, says Rakewell, whose ambitions are being held up by red tape
Rakewell ponders why an airport would install an artist in residence
The return of the fig leaf, Thomas Heatherwick's selective statistics, and a museum director in the postroom
Italian PM Matteo Renzi likes to boast about his country's cultural heritage – until the Iranian president visits, that is...
Harry Styles turns to painting, the new British Museum director's penchant for Prince, and why Arts Council initiatives sound like second-rate action films
British sculptor Antony Gormley has a furry new fan
