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‘Why risk skin cancer when there’s architecture to enjoy?’
Large, long windows and a flat roof for sunbathing: is it any wonder that Britain’s early experiments with modernist architecture were by the sea?
Is London’s skyscraper boom damaging the city?
Peter Murray and Gillian Darley debate whether London’s changing skyline is leaching the city’s history
The sacred, ancient grottoes where world cultures came together
An enormous project to preserve, study and replicate the cave temples of Dunhuang lies behind the Getty’s latest exhibition
One year on: an update from Nepal’s earthquake-damaged heritage sites
Restoration work will take years, and some monuments will never be rebuilt – but progress is being made
It’s easy to turn a blind eye to homelessness. Can art make people stop and listen?
Bekki Perriman’s project for Brighton Festival tells a different story about life on the streets
It would cost £15m to keep this Italian drawing in the UK. Here’s why it matters
Veronese’s preparatory sketch for Venice Triumphant (c. 1581) has a long history here
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Italian scientists claim art is a stress buster, while the staff of a London gallery have been told to put their feet up. Rakewell has his doubts…
If you want to be mayor, you really ought to know more about London’s museums
Goldsmith and Khan clearly aren’t museum buffs – and that could be a real problem
The spirit of the Renaissance, via YouTube
Introducing Rakewell, Apollo’s wandering eye on the art world. Look out for regular posts taking a rakish perspective on art…
Should public art be in the public domain? Sweden doesn’t think so
A recent court case involving Wikimedia in Sweden has taken the art world by surprise
London needs a spring clean, or perhaps a period of stagnation…
The galleries haven’t changed that much, but the city itself has, and not for the better
Spotlight on Seattle, where Asian and Western art collide
The Association for Asian Studies chose Seattle for its annual conference this year, and with good reason
Crumbs! Here’s a gallery full of somebody else’s seedy secrets
‘I began wasting my god-given talent drawing pictures of sexy women the way I liked ‘em’. An exhibition of R. Crumb’s work invites us all to become voyeurs
Has Tate Modern secretly switched directors?
Introducing Rakewell, Apollo’s wandering eye on the art world. Look out for regular posts taking a rakish perspective on art…
Painting gardens? More of a radical pursuit than you think
Monet and chums were doing something genuinely revolutionary when they stepped out into their gardens
This is not the first time that Henry Moore's work has taken a pounding
The long tradition of hating Henry Moore
Let’s hope the disgruntled students at Columbia University don’t take their protests against Moore’s work to these extremes…
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The garden bridge gets hijacked on Twitter. Plus, how Damien Hirst like his fish cooked (clue: he’s fussy)
Found in Florence! The lost tribe of Leonardo
Rakewell likes nothing better than a good bit of amateur genealogy
Andy Warhol, Richard Avedon and five Marilyn Monroes
For a handy reminder of why Warhol was so radical, head to Gagosian Gallery’s ‘Avedon Warhol’ exhibition in London
Palmyra’s legacy is everywhere – and ISIS could never have erased it
The city’s ancient ruins inspired buildings around the world, many of which are now heritage sites themselves
Painting steals the show at Art Cologne
Contemporary painting in Germany is flourishing, if the highlights of Cologne’s art fair are anything to go by
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?
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Big Lebowski pad acquired by LACMA
The LA museum has acquired its first home – what does this unusual architectural acquisition mean for the city?