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.
A statue of the inventor of the Kalashnikov assault rifle has been erected in Moscow
A Twitter tussle between two London museums, gallery doppelgangers, and Howard Hodgkin's taste in television
A vast 'fatberg' is obstructing the sewers of East London – and the Museum of London wants to get hold of a piece
The Rijksmueum has reopened its gallery at Schipol airport – and there's a special treat in the baggage hall to mark the occasion
David Hockney and Clement Greenberg's daughter, Ernest Hemingway's cats, and DIY discussions at Tate Britain
Canada's prime minister has been immortalised in butter, while a Kiwi artist has chosen a rather less tasteful medium for his political statuary
The latest tittle-tattle from the art and museum worlds
A wax museum in Boston has been widely ridiculed – just look at their effigies of the Royal Family!
The French footballer-cum-actor has his heart set on opening a museum in Sardinia
Stefan Simchowitz at the movies, silly-season sightings of Jeff Koons, and billboards to beguile Banksy
