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.
An exhibition dedicated to Abba at the Southbank Centre recreates some gloomy rooms from the 1970s
Celebs at Art Basel Miami Beach, Ai Weiwei's problem with German, and Peter Hitchens pans his portrait
After going AWOL for several days, Grayson Perry’s cat has been reunited with the artist. Hooray!
The artistic tastes of Britain’s spies, Prince Harry’s museum dance, Damien Hirst’s shopping habits and the rest of last week’s art-world tittle-tattle
Artist Mikes Poppe has been cut from a block of marble that he chained himself to 19 days ago
...And Rakewell hopes that Paris Hilton takes her rightful place in its display (erm, honest)
Jake Gyllenhaal turns art critic, the better side of Cristiano Ronaldo and the artistic love of Yannis Varoufakis
In Illinois, a nugget of fast-food heritage is set to be demolished
The art of the sausage roll, Terence Conran’s childhood, and Eric Cantona’s little pen and notebook
Advertising posters bearing nude sketches by Egon Schiele were deemed too racy for London's commuters