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
Kanye West thinks he's Picasso or Michelangelo – but Rakewell is not so sure
The Cornish pasty museum and now booking: Van Gogh's bedroom on Airbnb
Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst are building and burrowing in London – but at what cost, asks Rakewell
Not-so-radical street art and the Cerne Abbas giant censored at the Palace of Westminster
Spare a thought for the poor souls at the Creation Museum, says Rakewell, whose ambitions are being held up by red tape
Rakewell ponders why an airport would install an artist in residence
The return of the fig leaf, Thomas Heatherwick's selective statistics, and a museum director in the postroom
Italian PM Matteo Renzi likes to boast about his country's cultural heritage – until the Iranian president visits, that is...
Harry Styles turns to painting, the new British Museum director's penchant for Prince, and why Arts Council initiatives sound like second-rate action films
British sculptor Antony Gormley has a furry new fan
Great to have a show dedicated to women artists – but why the baffling title?
The Guerrilla Girls appeared on TV this week with more than just their faces obscured...
Move over David Gandy...
The Denver Museum of Nature & Sciences has reversed its anti-gun policy. But it's not the only shooting gallery in the US
How social media took the Golden Ratio out of all proportion...
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?
