The Courtauld quizzers come a cropper
After a solid run on University Challenge, the Courtauld team met its match in Jesus College, Oxford – and too many questions about art history
Don’t stand so close to me! Art in an age of contagion
Some scenes of art appreciation that wouldn’t pass muster in stricter viewing conditions
Has the tomb of Romulus really been found – or is someone crying wolf?
Claims that the resting place of the legendary founder of Rome has been discovered cause Rakewell to raise an eyebrow
Star Turner – The Fighting Temeraire, from biscuit tin to banknote
With the new £20 note in circulation, there are now two billion more copies of the much-reproduced painting in existence
The Versailles of Wales, Vienna, Hampstead, Belarus…
Every country has its own Versailles, right? Rakewell rounds them up
Sex Education meets art history
The students of Moordale High have been reimagined as a cast of painted saints and sinners
Michelangelo in the Curva Nord
At the recent Rome derby, the Stadio Olimpico was transformed in the Sistine Chapel (sort of)
The altruism of art theft
An attempt to steal the Magna Carta prompts Rakewell to wonder whether there is such a thing as a public-spirited heist
Sajid Javid in the thick of it
Was the Chancellor of the Exchequer channelling an infamous fictional spin-doctor when he agreed to be interviewed in a Westminster cafe?
Only connect – K-pop beams into the Serpentine Galleries
The Korean boyband BTS is collaborating on a global art project. Rakewell heads down to the Serpentine Galleries to find out why…
A riveting souvenir of the Eiffel Tower
The monument has been celebrating its 130th birthday by peddling limited edition rivets – yours to own for just €525 apiece!
The fine art holdings of Claes Bang’s Dracula
A new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel has Castle Dracula kitted out with silver, tapestries, and suitably sinister portraits
The Royal Academy goes gonzo
This week the institution elected the first female president in its 251-year history. Its Twitter account seems to be taking an *even* more radical direction
From Gold Digger to Gossip Girl – meet cutes at the museum
If films and television are anything to go by, it seems the main raison to go to an art gallery is to find a date
Too close to the bone? Coldplay spends a night at the Natural History Museum
The band performed underneath a skeleton in the museum’s great hall last weekend
The finer points of art appreciation – and some blunt speaking – in ‘The Crown’
The Queen and Prince Philip get some art advice from Anthony Blunt in season three of the lavish drama
The tinselly tat of Trafalgar Square
A small alpine village has set up shop outside the National Gallery – are there any parallels with what’s inside the building?
Prop appeal – Martin Scorsese’s neoclassical stylings
A painting ‘in the style of‘ Hubert Robert catches Rakewell’s eye in a still from Scorsese’s new movie, The Irishman
A bumper crop of arty pumpkins for Halloween
From ancient carvings to contemporary sculpture – a festive harvest of pumpkins in art
Art of glass – the many faces of Debbie Harry
The Blondie singer made her mark on the New York art scene, as her memoir reveals
The saintly sight of Cardinal Newman
Rakewell digs out some portraits of John Henry Newman, the first British person to be canonised for nearly 50 years
Cumberbatch the cat artist brings London to a standstill (sort of)
You’ve heard about the Extinction Rebellion protests… but a 19th-century cat artist is also doing his bit to bring London to a standstill
Your chance to own a painting by Congo the chimpanzee
Picasso and Miró were fans – now the gifted simian is getting a solo show in London. Plus other arty animals
How the museum changed its name
What’s in a new name? For museums it can mean an expensive rebrand that doesn’t stop anyone using the old moniker
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