Laura Knight was a woman on a mission — and a retrospective at the NPG shows flashes of genius.
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We’re really in it now
Confusing art with food is a bad idea. Waldemar explains why.
A Storm in a Teacup
The Royal Academy’s Mexico show makes a decent fist of bringing revolutionary fervour to life, but crammed into a space like this, it’s not a full-on fiesta.
It’s pretty grim up north
Tate Britain grandly presents LS Lowry as a pioneer worthy of comparison to Van Gogh. Bad idea. Yet in the last room Waldemar enjoys a moment of revelation amid the gloom.
In the realm of the sensual
While Gary Hume finds beauty in the banal, Patrick Caulfield is just too brainy to be moving
Magical Mystery Tour
Waldemar at the 55th Venice Biennale.
The Mechanics of Faith
The National’s Saints Alive is Waldemar Januszczak’s show of the year.
The way they wore
Waldemar looks at the art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion.
It’s a miracle!
After years of thematic muddle, Tate Britain’s clear and chronological rehang has at last given us a proper national museum, while turning up lost treasures.
Capital views
Waldemar on Leon Kossoff’s magnificently dour and grotty London landscapes that show a splendidly distinctive side of the city.