An elderly Japanese artist says she started it. Damien Hirst might disagree. It’s driving our art critic dotty
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The sparkling Spaniard
Picasso’s influence on British art is made thrillingly clear by the Tate’s show. The problem is how pedestrian he makes us look
The definitive portrait, in all its naked glory
Waldemar Januszczak admits he got Lucian Freud wrong: he was a peerless painter of humanity, not a lover of lowlife
Absurdly amusing
David Shrigley’s Hayward show is a quiet triumph of British wit. Waldemar Januszczak gets in on the joke
The stuff that dreams are made of
In spite of few objects at the British Museum’s Hajj show, there is much to ponder — and the V&A, too, has struck gold
A mightily impressive event
Hugely ambitious, occasionally gaudy, David Hockney’s landscapes have an impact on the spirit, says our art critic
A cry in the dark
A weedy, disappointing show by a random Brazilian underlines how the Serpentine has lost its way, says our art critic
The year in art
From Watteau to Noble to the show of the century, Da Vinci: Waldemar Januszczak on 10 of the key shows in 2011
The top art for 2012
The top art for 2012
Our view of the year: Art
View of the year