Apollo's wandering eye on the art world. Look out for regular posts taking a rakish perspective on art and museum stories. Got a story for Rakewell? Email rakewell@apollomag.com. Follow @Rakewelltweets.
The designer revolutionised how men and women dressed in the 1980s, but he also made his mark on how films looked, what stars wore – and the making of the modern fashion exhibition
The news that the artist has reunited with Gagosian after four years in the wilderness prompts Rakewell to ponder art about returning home
Artworks made from the rapper’s discarded blunts has soared at auction, reminding Rakewell of the ties between smoking and art history
In a slinky new animated short, Polo Bear pulls off a daring act of recovery for the Met
With the late Queen's Range Rover set to go to auction, Rakewell explores the weirder fates that have befallen the cars of heads of state
The Star Wars mogul has always had an unusual approach to collecting, but his new museum makes clear that his art is in the right place
At their best, dioramas make for a lively union of disparate artistic disciplines – and are often stuffed full of creature comforts
It’s been a massive month in the auction world for extinct megafauna and the objects that spelled their oblivion
The original Hermès Birkin has bagged a record-breaking sum at auction, showing the enduring power of the film star’s je ne sais quoi
With the Bank of England crowdsourcing ideas for its next series of banknotes, Rakewell hopes his art-related suggestions will be on the money
