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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Philip Guston rebelled against modern America by eating, drinking and smoking to excess. His paintings expose the futility of our existence, says Waldemar Januszczak

With their dazzling colours and exquisitely crafted borders, the manuscripts on show at the Royal Academy prove that God is in the details, says Waldemar Januszczak

His highly charged paintings changed the shape of Picasso’s work. Yet El Greco has been ignored for centuries. Now, a new exhibition in Britain will finally pay homage to the Greek genius. Report by Waldemar Januszczak