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Art: The rot of ages

    At Tate Britain, Waldemar Januszczak finds Brit Art alive and well — and revelling grotesquely in the Fall

    Art: Roy Lichtenstein

      Iconic and fun they may be, but with a whole show devoted to Roy Lichtenstein’s dotty comic-strip style, the joke starts to wear thin, says Waldemar Januszczak

      Art: State of Play

        A funny thing happened on the way to the new Serpentine show: the gallery got a sense of humour, says Waldemar Januszczak

        Cover Story: A brush with Eden

          Sunday Times art critic Waldemar Januszczak’s passion for Gauguin drove him to a South Pacific atoll. It might be one of the world’s remotest places but it’s only inches from Eden

          Art: El Greco

            Painting was El Greco’s weapon in a holy war — and he saw that it had to do more than mimic reality, says Waldemar Januszczak

            Comic belief

              By putting cartoon strips on gallery walls, Roy Lichtenstein helped to create the hip art movement that defined the 1960s. But his works are far from throwaway or simplistic — as a grand new exhibition reveals

              Art: Vuillard

                As a lonely voyeur, Vuillard was a genius. What a pity he loosened up, says Waldemar Januszczak

                Art: Brancusi

                  Brancusi was an overrated plunderer of primitive art, says Waldemar Januszczak. The evidence is on show at Tate Modern

                  Art: Philip Guston

                    Philip Guston rebelled against modern America by eating, drinking and smoking to excess. His paintings expose the futility of our existence, says Waldemar Januszczak

                    Art: Illuminating the Renaissance

                      With their dazzling colours and exquisitely crafted borders, the manuscripts on show at the Royal Academy prove that God is in the details, says Waldemar Januszczak