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.
Speech recognition software needs an update in Hull, Paris Hilton picks up a paintbrush, how heavy are Damien Hirst's bronzes, and an artist objects to 'Broadchurch'
Studying art history can turn you into an art historian. Or it can make you famous, it turns out.
What we learnt about Julian Assange and art from his profile in the New Yorker
Jim Carrey's paintings fail to draw a smile; Giles Coren has a moment of ecstasy in Sotheby's restaurant; and the rest of last week's arty tittle-tattle
John Currin seems to have come over all coy in his portrait of Jennifer Lawrence for Vogue
International Cat Day clashes with Dogs in Paintings Day on Twitter. Which has really set the cat among the pigeons...
Tittle-tattle and curiosities from the art and museum worlds
Brooklyn beware! Artist Susanna Briselli is trying to get a huge sign erected
There are plenty of (sort of) art-historical turns at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Giacometti at the movies, Jack Vettriano at the pub, and the rest of last week's arty tittle-tattle
