Introducing Rakewell, Apollo’s wandering eye on the art world. Look out for regular posts taking a rakish perspective on art and museum stories.
President Biden’s message of national unity at the Inauguration yesterday was bolstered by support from an unlikely source, as America came together in appreciation of Bernie Sanders’ outsized, though nonetheless rather natty mittens. In a picture that immediately went viral, the Democratic Senator folds his arms firmly against the freezing temperatures, pairing his gloves with a Goretex overcoat. ‘In Vermont, we know something about the cold, and we’re not so concerned with good fashion,’ Sanders said. (Rakewell would rather believe that he was anticipating being asked to give a warm round of applause.)