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
The billionaire collector is going for broke with an exhibition of ‘poor art’
The late Italian prime minister's 20,000-strong collection of choice artworks – including a topless rendition of the Mona Lisa – has failed to charm his heirs
While the artist led collectors down the garden path at Gagosian’s sell-out booth, more pleasing floral arrangements can be found at Frieze Masters
Rakewell is delighted to hear that director Ivan Reitman’s art collection is heading to auction this November, but wonders whether his tastes might have been haunted by his blockbuster hit
The sighting of the first beaver kit born in the London area in more than 400 years is a bright spot in the landscape – and a lesson to policymakers everywhere
While #romanempire has more than a billion view on TikTok, some of us only have eyes for the TV adaptation of ’I Claudius’ – and regrets about the Roman Republic
The Reina Sofia has lifted its ban on taking selfies with Picasso's masterpiece in order, incredibly, to speed up visitor flow
Judging by reactions to Saied Dai’s well-received painting of the former prime minister, a good portrait can still work wonders
Rakewell applauds the ICA London's revolutionary new opening hours
The Library of Congress’s Literary Costume Ball has set Rakewell thinking about the pros and cons of taking sartorial inspiration from famous authors
It has been a monumental week for Paris’s leading tourist attraction. Let us hope recent events have distracted La Dame de Fer from an unhappy matter of the heart
The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been immortalised in bronze, but it leaves a bad taste in Rakewell’s mouth
