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 university museum in Houston has removed a revolver from an artwork critical of Texan gun culture – and Rakewell is baffled by the decision
The high-school pottery that fooled an antiques expert, Darth Vader hits the museums, and an artist who has removed his nipples in, erm, the name of art
Rakewell enjoys lunches Damien Hirst's new Pharmacy 2 restaurant – if only the waiters would provide earplugs to drown out the '90s soundtrack
Art slides and crazy golf in London, and Giacometti's Jezza phase
Italian scientists claim art is a stress buster, while the staff of a London gallery have been told to put their feet up. Rakewell has his doubts...
The garden bridge gets hijacked on Twitter. Plus, how Damien Hirst like his fish cooked (clue: he's fussy)
Rakewell likes nothing better than a good bit of amateur genealogy
