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