Stepping into an art gallery after the interminable months of screen-watching was more slap than hug. There was a sense of having to learn something afresh, like trying on new shoes or feeling your teeth after a visit to the hygienist. Those critics who have been making hay during the lockdown — readers of novels, […]
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Waldemar Januszczak on the ironic new V&A exhibition
The museum is pinning its hopes on a show of Fabergé’s gewgaws
Waldemar Januszczak on the restoration of Michelangelo’s Sistine ceiling
Plus, an encounter with survivors of the Waco siege brought about a revelation
Waldemar Januszczak on identity issues in the art world
There’s a seismic shift happening in art as, at last, the lives that have been excluded start to take centre stage
Joseph Beuys: his best art
Waldemar Januszczak celebrates the legacy of a unique voice
The Mirror and the Palette by Jennifer Higgie, review — putting female artists back into art history
A study of self-portraits charts 500 years of women’s art
Waldemar Januszczak on the mad rise in auction prices
A frenzied lockdown desire to collect things has overtaken us, and it’s having a dire effect on the art market
Waldemar Januszczak on why artists must fight a new urge to ‘collectivise’
The art world is abuzz with the idea of collectives — and it should make your heart sink
The new paranormal: how the art historians got it wrong
Spiritualism’s surprising influence on modern art is finally being celebrated
Waldemar Januszczak on how Kehinde Wiley is waking up art
The artist’s National Gallery show should shake things up