The Armenian businessman had a taste for portable items of beauty and cherished his collection as though it were an extension of himself
Rakewell raises an eyebrow at the musician’s latest three-way collaboration with producer T Bone Burnett and Christie’s
The grounds of the Shortgrove estate in Newport, Essex, have long been lovingly preserved, but a new development now threatens its future
Once occupied by the artist Franz West, the painter's studio sits in the backyard of a former dairy and is filled with the scents of oil paint and flowers
Rakewell laments what has been a rather dismal week for the Grande Dame of South Kensington, involving the UK government and a Russian-owned Fabergé egg
The seaside scenes of Willie Rodger aren’t necessarily a sunny affair, but they are always full of life
Madonna was once NSFW. Now, thanks to Beeple, she has turned herself into an NFT
The American artist divides his time between Venice Beach and New Mexico, with one studio in a church and the other in a former commercial laundry
The city claims that its decision to loosen the rules governing art auctions seeks to create a more consumer-friendly environment – but how can it?
The winning entry in the inaugural Football Art Prize depicts Roy Keane in sombre mood, but Rakewell still treasures the player-turned-pundit's more devilish side
Plus: the Smithsonian adopts new ethical returns policy and 2,000 works of art reported to have been looted from Mariupol
A terrifically grumpy portrait of Goya and a mythical landscape by Paul Bril are among this month’s highlights
Over the course of an almost a decade, the Scottish artist has gathered and crushed ancient geological specimens to create a work of real conceptual power
The American artist accumulates a mass of materials while working but when she finishes a project, her space must be cleared to begin afresh
The Latvian-born artist takes found photographs and paints over them to make enigmatic and eerie images – but they’re not meant to be scary, she insists
Following Viola Davis' recent claim that critics serve no purpose, Rakewell asks the actor to reconsider their role as champions of the overlooked
Cecilia Alemani's focus on women artists goes beyond tokenism to present a strong statement about both contemporary art and the world we live in
Pierre Terjanian of the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells Apollo why a Renaissance pageant shield is such a beguiling work of art
Frances Sands’ selection from one of the world’s greatest collections of architectural drawings will delight both experts and the general reader alike
The writer’s drawings are every bit as fastidious as his sentences – and full of the same preoccupations
The artist’s motivations for painting hooded Ku Klux Klan figures were as complicated and unsettling as our reactions as viewers might be
There is no great tradition of male nudes by women artists, but this underlines an asymmetry of power rather than a lack of female desire
The Californian painter’s responses to ‘The Flaying of Marsyas’ have a sublime quality all of its own
From Simone Leigh’s monumental sculptures to Zineb Sedira’s inventive sets, this year’s Venice Biennale presents a rich and varied portrait of contemporary art across the globe
