The maestro’s first contract with FC Barcelona, written on a napkin, has been withdrawn from auction after a dispute between his current and former agents
The out-lettuced PM has little time for culture in her memoir-cum-manifesto – unlike her Establishment enemy, the Bank of England
The founding father who was careful to cultivate his public image is played with gusto by Michael Douglas in a new TV biopic
Can four high-priced works of art help conserve marine life? The Canadian film-maker certainly thinks so
The reality star may think of herself as a ‘furniture person’, but the Donald Judd Foundation disagrees – and is suing her for allegedly buying fake tables
The godfather of Pop has designed a range of Budweiser cans – and he’s not the only creative type who has taken to drink
The Dutch artist was a dab hand at painting spuds, but why haven’t more artists been inspired by the terrific tuber?
A proposed statue of the author has caused a fuss among local residents, but does anyone really like public sculptures anyway?
The museum has announced an opening for a Taylor Swift ‘superfan’ – but this bid for commercial appeal doesn’t seem to be reflected by the salary on offer
On hearing that Sam Mendes is set to direct four Beatles biopics – one for each band member – your roving reporter wonders if it’s all too much
Jeff Koons launched 125 sculptures into orbit on a SpaceX rocket this week. Perhaps they’ll hang out with the Pop art that went on a lunar holiday in 1969
The streamer’s latest romcom, ‘Upgraded’, stretches artistic licence to its limits
The Central Park Zoo escapee was born in chains, but everywhere from the Upper West Side to the East Village he is now free
Cindy Sherman stars in the fashion designer’s latest ad campaign – and she’s not the first artist who has modelled in this way
After the sale of the first The Amazing Spider-Man’ comic for $1.4m, Rakewell suggests that when it comes to the big screen, Marvel should tap into its spidey-sense again
Fancy Kendall's Zippo, or one of Shiv's suits? Now's your chance, with HBO auctioning off the Roy family's paraphernalia
As two British multinationals with deep imperial roots and interim CEOs partner for another ten years, perhaps birds of a feather are merely flocking together
Eva Green steals every scene in the new version of Alexandre Dumas’s novel – but the new film is just the latest in a long line of swashbuckling adaptations
The Pogues frontman and the Romantic painter are forever linked by a classic album cover – and much more besides
After a week when the British prime minister has realised that Greece would quite like the Parthenon marbles back, it’s worth taking a longer view
The K-Pop quartet attended a State Banquet for the South Korean president hosted by the new king – but perhaps its members might take up more permanent residence?
Barbra Streisand’s doorstopper of a memoir suggests that the real love of the star’s life is the painter Modigliani
Rakewell is delighted to discover that the former culture minister’s memoir contains more than one vague musing about the art of Downing Street
Conservation of a painting by the artist has revealed an evil spirit – if only all art censorship were so mild
