If you’re sick of modern life, Richard Long’s journeys through landscapes provide a perfect New Year detox, says Waldemar Januszczak

When Waldemar Januszczak’s mother died, he inherited an envelope containing his father’s last remaining possessions. But was he ready to face the truth about the man who had died when he was a baby?

Whether it’s an invitation to sleep in a gallery, or watch the antics of a mad dog, Russian artists are still subverting the system, says Waldemar Januszczak

Tom Hunter cuts and pastes his ideas from the old masters, but he can’t copy their soul, says Waldemar Januszczak

So farewell, Tim Clifford, and thanks for 21 years of saving treasures for the nation. But what about that Titian, asks Waldemar Januszczak

Waldemar Januszczak finds two female painters thriving — though their celebrity subjects are anything but

We have more artists than ever, but that doesn’t mean there are more good artists. The latest trawl of ‘talent’ leaves Waldemar Januszczak close to despair

James Turrell’s visions are sublime — and Sarah Lucas’s pieces are fabulously vulgar, says a wowed Waldemar Januszczak

If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise … Rousseau is a revelation for Waldemar Januszczak

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