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Modigliani’s Nipples Get the Trotsky Treatment from Bloomberg
What links Modigliani’s nipples with flatpacks, meatballs and Soviet opposition figures?
Victoria Beckham and the ‘Artist to the Stars’
Victoria Beckham champions street art. Just like every other celebrity under the sun…
The Rake’s Progress: A Week in Gossip
Lil Wayne’s art collection is reportedly repossessed; Adrien Brody has an arty side; and Ed Vaizey is a Rakewell reader… Extraordinary
Van Gogh Action Man: Officially Better than Game of Thrones
Ever wondered what Rodin’s The Thinker would look like in a sexy pose? Find out with the help of an art-historical action figure.
Airbnb Gets ‘Creative’
Airbnb have announced a new design project. At least, we think that’s what they mean…
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
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Making art behind bars can be its own form of release