It’s got Monet, it’s got water, and it throws in Turner and Whistler — Tate Britain’s new show is sure to make a splash, says Waldemar Januszczak
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Art: Seeing is Believing
We need religious art more than ever, says Waldemar Januszczak — but his spirit wasn’t revived by Tate Liverpool’s Seeing Is Believing
Art: Faces in the Crowd
An ambitious show at the Whitechapel seeks out the real forebears of today’s Turner-winning video artists. A brave idea, says Waldemar Januszczak
Art: Manet
Put two Manet paintings face to face, as the Courtauld Gallery has done, and there’s no mistaking what the artist was up to, says Waldemar Januszczak
Duchamp’s urinal is named the Fount of all modern art
The Turner prize is announced tomorrow – and it owes it all to a humble urinal, explains Waldemar Januszczak
Home-hunting in the jungles of Costa Rica
On holiday with an estate agent? Waldemar Januszczak can think of no better companion to help negotiate the wilds of Costa Rica. After all, ‘Propo-Tourism’ is the next big thing
Art: Whose life is it anyway?
In an east London gallery, Waldemar Januszczak struggles to match striking photographs of Russian women with their anonymous voices and sad personal sagas
Art: Does the Turner prize annoy you? It should
Contemporary artists must not hold back from dealing with contentious issues, says Waldemar Januszczak
Art: All the lonely people
Robert Frank’s thoughtful, unhurried photographs exude surprising human heat, says Waldemar Januszczak
Art: Death by blockbuster
The National’s Raphael show promised revelations. Sadly, Waldemar Januszczak finds they are the wrong ones