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The Steve Lazarides effect, at home with Elton John and his collection, and the Museum of Broken Relationships heads to LA
The only near comparable disaster that sprung to mind was Saddam Hussein’s reconstruction of Babylon
A Kickstarter campaign to launch an Olsen twins museum has Rakewell reaching for his absinthe bottle
Iggy Pop has been getting his kit off (again), in the name of art
Zaha Hadid's favourite rapper, art in space, and why Prince Philip doesn't rate Lucian Freud
Rakewell reflects on how the public has started taking restitution into its own hands
The Met's rebranding exercise has not gone well, Kanye West needs $1 billion, and London's art world has been partying in the name of pretentiousness