The Rake’s Progress: A Week in Gossip
Sting moves out, Ed Vaizey flexes his muscles, Sara Cox goes potty for pottery, and George Bush has an artistic rival
The Halloween Horrors of the Art World
The Rake’s guide to this year’s Halloween art gossip…
Hans Ulrich Obrist & The Poetry of Rubbish
Mistaking art for rubbish is a grand tradition. But so is mistaking rubbish for art…
Star Wars: The Farce Awakens
News that a city in Ukraine has encased a statue of Vladimir Lenin inside an effigy of Darth Vader has brought much mirth to sci-fi geeks across the globe
The Rake’s Progress: Frieze Week in Gossip
Smoke gets in the eyes of London gallery goers, food means nothing to Jonathan Jones and further woes for Uri Geller’s spoon
Eddie Peake and the Emperor’s New Clothes
Meet the artist who bares more than just his soul…
The Frieze London Snooze-fest
Two tents full of art, celebrities, napping VIPs and champagne are not enough to tempt the literary man of the moment, Marlon James, to Frieze
The Rake’s Progress: A Week in Gossip
Chris Dercon’s clubbing experience; a night to remember in Paris; and an unsavoury spoon update
Uri Geller leaves his spoon by the Thames
‘You can take my spoon, but you’ll never bend my creative freedom!’
Sex Hamburger Mural Sparks Censorship Scandal
Lettuce loin cloths for street artist Makatron’s sexy Big Mac mural
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Curator: is there a Mole at the British Museum?
Who leaked the name of the British Museum’s new director to The Times?
The Skeletal Evidence for Florence’s ‘Mona Lisa Bones’
There may be more (or indeed, less) to the discovery of the ‘Mona Lisa’ bones than meets the eye…
Brian Sewell & the Curious Case of the ‘Trashed’ Apollo Office
Critics insulted sculptor Ian Hamilton Finlay at their peril. But Brian Sewell wasn’t just any critic…
Up Close And Personal with Thomas Hart Benton
The Missouri Republican Party’s Vice Chairman writes on art – literally
Moscow Police: Unlikely Picasso Fans?
Recent events in Moscow suggest that Russian rozzers may be law enforcement’s answer to the Stuckists
Spellcheck: Darbyshire Comes To Cambridge
Poor Matthew Darbyshire, how do you make a name for yourself if nobody can actually spell your name?
A Waste of Energy? Tate Modern’s Solar Panels and the BP Protesters
Liberate Tate activists fail to see the sunny side
Planet Houellebecq Comes to the Palais de Tokyo
Anyone might get the impression he was a little self-obsessed
God save the Queen… from terrible artists
Graffiti artist strikes a bum note with Royal portrait
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