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.
Every country has its own Versailles, right? Rakewell rounds them up
The students of Moordale High have been reimagined as a cast of painted saints and sinners
At the recent Rome derby, the Stadio Olimpico was transformed in the Sistine Chapel (sort of)
An attempt to steal the Magna Carta prompts Rakewell to wonder whether there is such a thing as a public-spirited heist
Was the Chancellor of the Exchequer channelling an infamous fictional spin-doctor when he agreed to be interviewed in a Westminster cafe?
The Korean boyband BTS is collaborating on a global art project. Rakewell heads down to the Serpentine Galleries to find out why...
The monument has been celebrating its 130th birthday by peddling limited edition rivets – yours to own for just €525 apiece!
A new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel has Castle Dracula kitted out with silver, tapestries, and suitably sinister portraits
This week the institution elected the first female president in its 251-year history. Its Twitter account seems to be taking an *even* more radical direction
If films and television are anything to go by, it seems the main raison to go to an art gallery is to find a date
