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Is art vandal Banksy mellowing with age? His latest show — complete with rats — is really rather moral, says Waldemar Januszczak

He was a highly respected society painter. He was also the master of X-rated art — a 17th-century Tarantino. How did Rubens get away with it? Waldemar Januszczak reports

Her take on life’s freak show was undoubtedly unique — yet Diane Arbus’s inspired eye wasn’t staring, but sharing. Waldemar Januszczak is hooked

Three great Euro painters in the home of British art. Waldemar Januszczak’s seen the one about two Frenchmen and a Dane — but does he get it? Erm…

Edvard Munch looks harder at himself than any other artist. His unsparing paintings are simply transfixing, says Waldemar Januszczak

Even Picasso was a fan. What makes the paintings of Congo the chimpanzee so beguiling, asks Waldemar Januszczak

Tate Britain’s New Displays rewrites the story of British art — trouble is, the result is a nonsense, says Waldemar Januszczak

The British Museum has rightly tried to shed light on ancient Persia, but Waldemar Januszczak isn’t sufficiently dazzled

Cecily Brown is that rare thing, an artist who captures the sensation of sex, says Waldemar Januszczak

The Serpentine’s latest reality show is a tale of domestic drudgery. But Giancarlo Neri’s Writer raises a smile for Waldemar Januszczak