Street art is coming in from the cold in museums and commercial developments. It's official – graffiti has become institutional.
Artists and cultural figures have declared themselves for the 'In' campaign. Must make for some tricky meetings with the culture secretary...
A prank 'artwork' at SFMOMA, and art thieves caught on camera in Madrid
A Coronation Street character is heading to art school. What's next, the Turner Prize?
Victoria Beckham gets the Venus de Milo treatment; what Dubya's family think of his painting; and the Pont des Arts minus the padlocks
Sainsbury's bid to employ an artist (for free); love in the Tate Modern carpark; and Fearne Cotton's art for the apiarists
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
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