Monthly Archives: February 2004

Art: Roy Lichtenstein

Iconic and fun they may be, but with a whole show devoted to Roy Lichtenstein’s dotty comic-strip style, the joke starts to wear thin, says Waldemar Januszczak

Art: State of Play

A funny thing happened on the way to the new Serpentine show: the gallery got a sense of humour, says Waldemar Januszczak

Cover Story: A brush with Eden

Sunday Times art critic Waldemar Januszczak’s passion for Gauguin drove him to a South Pacific atoll. It might be one of the world’s remotest places but it’s only inches from Eden

Art: El Greco

Painting was El Greco’s weapon in a holy war — and he saw that it had to do more than mimic reality, says Waldemar Januszczak

Comic belief

By putting cartoon strips on gallery walls, Roy Lichtenstein helped to create the hip art movement that defined the 1960s. But his works are far from throwaway or simplistic — as a grand new exhibition reveals

Art: Vuillard

As a lonely voyeur, Vuillard was a genius. What a pity he loosened up, says Waldemar Januszczak

Art: Brancusi

Brancusi was an overrated plunderer of primitive art, says Waldemar Januszczak. The evidence is on show at Tate Modern