Narcissism helps to sell art? Explains why contemporary artists love mirrors so much
Top artists are narcissists. It’s official (sort of)
An academic paper claims you can tell an artist’s vanity by the size of their signature. Well, maybe.
Dr Who isn’t the only art-historical lookalike out there – here are four more of the best
Rakewell picks out his favourite lookalikes in historical paintings, from David Cameron to Sylvester Stallone
When politicians paint over their mistakes
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
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Why has Arsène Wenger slipped in to artspeak? Plus a dog that can paint and more yet more art pouting from Kanye West
The pop art that should never have reached the recording studio
From Joseph Beuys to Dinos Chapman, the artists who have turned to music but should never have hit the studio
UNESCO gears up for a pizza party
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 Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The Steve Lazarides effect, at home with Elton John and his collection, and the Museum of Broken Relationships heads to LA
When restoration goes wrong. Very wrong.
The only near comparable disaster that sprung to mind was Saddam Hussein’s reconstruction of Babylon
Creative Scotland’s journey to the undertaker
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Sir Anish Kapoor toys with the dark arts
Introducing Rakewell, Apollo’s wandering eye on the art world. Look out for regular posts taking a rakish perspective on art…
Thomas Heatherwick himself turned up wearing a jacket embroidered with leaves and foliage
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Introducing Rakewell, Apollo’s wandering eye on the art world. Look out for regular posts taking a rakish perspective on art…
Do we need a museum dedicated to the Olsen twins? Er, no.
A Kickstarter campaign to launch an Olsen twins museum has Rakewell reaching for his absinthe bottle
It makes perfect sense for Iggy Pop to be the subject of a life class...his body has witnessed much and should be documented
A lust for life drawing (or, Iggy Pop takes his clothes off, again)
Iggy Pop has been getting his kit off (again), in the name of art
I just think Lucian Freud makes everyone look like they're made of cheese
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Zaha Hadid’s favourite rapper, art in space, and why Prince Philip doesn’t rate Lucian Freud
A contested cockerel and other controversies
Rakewell reflects on how the public has started taking restitution into its own hands
The Met’s new logo and a truly pretentious party
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
A history of Kanye Western art
Kanye West thinks he’s Picasso or Michelangelo – but Rakewell is not so sure
The museum of Cornish pasties and a peek inside Vincent’s bedroom
The Cornish pasty museum and now booking: Van Gogh’s bedroom on Airbnb
The YBA demolition jobs causing a sensation near you
Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst are building and burrowing in London – but at what cost, asks Rakewell
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Not-so-radical street art and the Cerne Abbas giant censored at the Palace of Westminster
Arks and car parks at the Creation Museum
Spare a thought for the poor souls at the Creation Museum, says Rakewell, whose ambitions are being held up by red tape
Situation terminal: can an artist improve Manchester Airport?
Rakewell ponders why an airport would install an artist in residence
The Rake’s Progress: The Week in Gossip
The return of the fig leaf, Thomas Heatherwick’s selective statistics, and a museum director in the postroom
Italy tucks away its assets to avoid Iranian blushes
Italian PM Matteo Renzi likes to boast about his country’s cultural heritage – until the Iranian president visits, that is…
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