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.
Updates on some of Rakewell's most popular stories from 2015, including the gentlemanly disagreement between Ian Hamilton Finlay, Brian Sewell and Apollo
Rakewell scours the museum gift shops of the world for his last-minute gifts for the entire family
Damien Hirst's Xmas tree controversy; hungering after Olafur Eliasson's vegetables; and is Shia LaBeouf screening Rakewell's calls?
Wouldn't we all be better off without glum selfie fanatics rampaging through our museums?
Forget meatballs: Swedish flatpack giant IKEA is now flogging street art.
Arty Xmas shopping; a chocolate Putin; and a charming speech during Art Basel in Miami Beach
Rakewell cringes through Alan Yentob's most recent Imagine profile, of David Chipperfield
Alex Salmond is enamoured of his new portrait; Norman Foster's colourful wardrobe; and Paris Hilton hits the decks at Art Basel Miami Beach
Tate's new advertising campaign turns away from images in favour of doggerel about postcard sales and selfies
