A polluted landscape of dreams betrayed — Waldemar Januszczak on the ideal setting for China’s art
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Still sexy after all these years
One of the great painters has his first big British exhibition next week: Velazquez, at the National Gallery. Waldemar Januszczak explains his titanic influence
Going for a song
Waldemar Januszczak on the Velvet Underground’s Heroin
Don’t want to be an American idiot
The 40 ‘talented young US’ artists in USA Today are none of those things. Waldemar Januszczak takes a dim view
Holbein could do it all
He even made a heroic dynast of a fat lecher says Waldemar Januszczak
An immensely slippery artist
There’s borrowing from the past, and there’s theft. Rodin was into the latter, says Waldemar Januszczak
Leonardo the visionary inventor?
More sci-fi doodler, says Waldemar Januszczak
Pierre Huyghe explores the world through text, video, puppets
If you expect any conclusions, you’re dreaming, says Waldemar Januszczak
Stunning bit of muscle
Albert Oehlen might be the old man of new German painting, but his Whitechapel show proves he can still flex a stunning bit of muscle, says Waldemar Januszczak
The chamber of secrets
Transvestite potter or tireless social crusader? The enigma of Grayson Perry enchants Waldemar Januszczak