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He reinvented the calendar and ordered his people to gnaw bones. He is gilding the desert in gold and marble, and the driving test is a questionnaire on his philosophy of life. Waldemar Januszczak infiltrates the world according to the leader of Turkmenistan

We know him mostly as a comic midget. But physically he was no dwarf — and in his achievements, he was as big as Rembrandt, says Waldemar Januszczak

Damien Hirst’s private collection elicits a sense of déjà vu. Has he lost his cutting edge, asks Waldemar Januszczak

Baltic’s ‘rebels’ aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. By Waldemar Januszczak

It’s funny, it’s clever, and Douglas Gordon’s work makes spooky sense in Edinburgh’s gothic heart, says Waldemar Januszczak

The first art book tells of staggering riches and even greater greed. So what’s new, asks Waldemar Januszczak

Waldemar Januszczak on the welder who shaped the future of sculpture

Waldemar Januszczak is tired of hearing that the slides at Tate Modern aren’t art. They’re certainly not oil paintings. Then why are people so keen to be taken for a ride?

The National’s superb Velazquez show is a must.

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