Rubens knew how to press the sex-and-violence button — and it still delivers a frisson for Waldemar Januszczak

Is art vandal Banksy mellowing with age? His latest show — complete with rats — is really rather moral, says Waldemar Januszczak

He was a highly respected society painter. He was also the master of X-rated art — a 17th-century Tarantino. How did Rubens get away with it? Waldemar Januszczak reports

Her take on life’s freak show was undoubtedly unique — yet Diane Arbus’s inspired eye wasn’t staring, but sharing. Waldemar Januszczak is hooked

Three great Euro painters in the home of British art. Waldemar Januszczak’s seen the one about two Frenchmen and a Dane — but does he get it? Erm…

Edvard Munch looks harder at himself than any other artist. His unsparing paintings are simply transfixing, says Waldemar Januszczak