Whether it’s an invitation to sleep in a gallery, or watch the antics of a mad dog, Russian artists are still subverting the system, says Waldemar Januszczak
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Art: Tom Hunter
Tom Hunter cuts and pastes his ideas from the old masters, but he can’t copy their soul, says Waldemar Januszczak
Art: It’s goodnight from him
So farewell, Tim Clifford, and thanks for 21 years of saving treasures for the nation. But what about that Titian, asks Waldemar Januszczak
Art: The picture of health?
Waldemar Januszczak finds two female painters thriving — though their celebrity subjects are anything but
Art: Close to despair
We have more artists than ever, but that doesn’t mean there are more good artists. The latest trawl of ‘talent’ leaves Waldemar Januszczak close to despair
Art: The heaven and earthy show
James Turrell’s visions are sublime — and Sarah Lucas’s pieces are fabulously vulgar, says a wowed Waldemar Januszczak
Art: Rousseau at Tate Modern
If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise … Rousseau is a revelation for Waldemar Januszczak
Art: And his world was made flesh
Rubens knew how to press the sex-and-violence button — and it still delivers a frisson for Waldemar Januszczak
Art: Who’s afraid of the big bad guy?
Is art vandal Banksy mellowing with age? His latest show — complete with rats — is really rather moral, says Waldemar Januszczak
The art of excess
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