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The news that Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly are tapping out as hosts of Strictly Come Dancing has put Rakewell in a spin
The singer has referred to a painting of Ophelia in her new music video – and it has brought a flood of Swifties to a regional German museum
Mattel has created seven new dolls inspired by MoMA’s collection – and the most glamorous of them all is Barbie® x Van Gogh
A donation of 20-year-old chocolate to a York museum puts Rakewell in mind of other foodstuffs that are good enough for the display case
Rakewell sings the praises of Claudia Cardinale, who has died at the age of 87
The boxer’s draft card is up for sale at Christie’s next month. Normally a museum would be the best home, but which one is a more complicated question than it used to be
The artist is auctioning off the contents of her pied-à-terre in Paris, including a magnificent Louis Vuitton trunk-cum-dressing-up-box
The designer revolutionised how men and women dressed in the 1980s, but he also made his mark on how films looked, what stars wore – and the making of the modern fashion exhibition
The news that the artist has reunited with Gagosian after four years in the wilderness prompts Rakewell to ponder art about returning home
Artworks made from the rapper’s discarded blunts has soared at auction, reminding Rakewell of the ties between smoking and art history
