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A strange tale of cruelty and creativity in the Moroccan desert
Ben Rivers’ attempt to reveal the artifice of filmmaking is somehow dull and disconcerting at the same time
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
David Shrigley’s foam hands, Olafur Eliasson’s shaky economics and a chance to buy Andy Warhol’s studio
Should museums be ideology-free?
A new book which argues that museums should be above politics is hardly above politics itself
Pencils, irons and used underwear: the world’s wackiest museums
Whatever your thing, says Rakewell, there’s a museum for you out there somewhere
Never mind the buttocks
An exhibition in Florence finally gives Carlo Portelli the attention he deserves
Acquisitions of the Month: March 2016
Bonnie Prince Charlie makes a triumphant return to Edinburgh, while the NGA add hundreds of works to its huge collection
Surveillance and secrecy in Gateshead and London
Hajra Waheed’s exhibitions at BALTIC and the Mosaic Rooms are full of strange, evocative details
Inside Cuba’s changing art world
Havana’s contemporary artists face a contradictory mix of opportunities and restrictions
Zac Goldsmith isn't the only mayoral candidate to have been left floundering this week by his ignorance of the city’s museums
The museum pratfalls of London’s mayoral candidates (yep, Zac AND Sadiq)
Neither Zac Goldsmith nor Sadiq Khan seem to know a thing about the capital’s museums
Dorset, in a Mediterranean light
John Craxton is known today for his sparkling paintings of Greece. But he first found inspiration in the colder, darker landscapes of rural England
Drastic reform is the only way to save England’s churches
Good news, then, that the Chancellor is forming a task force to look into the issue
‘I love the shock of conflict between cultures’
Huang Yong Ping on blurring the lines between Chinese and Western traditions
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Introducing Rakewell, Apollo’s wandering eye on the art world. Look out for regular posts taking a rakish perspective on art…
How Brazilian fowl play has left a Dutch artist spitting feathers
Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman claims that Brazilian protesters have plagiarised his inflatable rubber duck.
British artists at the seaside
Dorset had a profound impact on a group of Slade painters, as an exhibition at Bristol’s Royal West of England Academy makes very clear
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Very clever software, but not great art
The techno-connoisseurship involved in the ‘Next Rembrandt’ project is fun and interesting, so what’s the problem?