The Rake’s Progress: last week in gossip
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
The Muse Room
The Apollo Blog
The importance of death in everyday Egyptian life
In ancient Egypt funeral objects were as important in daily life as they were in the afterlife
Book Competition
Your chance to win ‘Gothic Ivories: Calouste Gulbenkian Collection’
Loss of Westport House signals wider problems for Ireland’s heritage
Historic property goes on sale after long battle for the Browne family
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A history of Kanye Western art
Kanye West thinks he’s Picasso or Michelangelo – but Rakewell is not so sure
Has the BBC made art boring?
If anything, it ought to be taken to task for desperately chasing the chimera of accessibility
Painting and ceramics collide in Betty Woodman’s work
The octogenarian’s first solo show in a UK institution is a riot of colour and character
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Christo prepares to walk on water
Christo and his wife and collaborator Jeanne-Claude wanted to walk on water nearly 40 years ago. The Floating Piers project this summer will achieve their dream.
Baltic Diary: The charms of verdigris
The grey-green of oxidised bronze is common on public buildings throughout northern Europe
Are the cracks in our museum culture beginning to show?
UK museums are struggling to deal with the long-term effects of funding cuts and falling visitor numbers
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