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.
Rakewell ponders two statues in London that have come in for criticism because they are missing vital accessories
David Shrigley's foam hands, Olafur Eliasson's shaky economics and a chance to buy Andy Warhol's studio
Whatever your thing, says Rakewell, there's a museum for you out there somewhere
Neither Zac Goldsmith nor Sadiq Khan seem to know a thing about the capital's museums
Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman claims that Brazilian protesters have plagiarised his inflatable rubber duck.
An academic paper claims you can tell an artist's vanity by the size of their signature. Well, maybe.
Rakewell picks out his favourite lookalikes in historical paintings, from David Cameron to Sylvester Stallone
Iain Duncan Smith once said that oil painting was like politics – because you could easily paint over your mistakes. Rakewell picks out a few politicians who have done just that
Why has Arsène Wenger slipped in to artspeak? Plus a dog that can paint and more yet more art pouting from Kanye West
