Art critic, Waldemar Januszczak revisits the Impressionists in a new four-part BBC Two series launched on Saturday 16th July 2011 at 8pm. In each episode, Waldemar uncovers the surprising truth about ...

In a new series Waldemar Januszczak (pictured) sets out to uncover the secret meanings hidden in four famous paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat. Everyone knows the pictures. They are ...

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Waldemar Januszczak, one of Britain’s most distinguished art critics and documentary producers, has visited Ferens Art Gallery. Today, he viewed a painting he adopted which was created by one of his ...

Everything you thought you knew about the Renaissance isn’t wrong, but it isn’t quite right either. “We’ve all been told a misleading story,” says art critic and broadcaster Waldemar Januszczak. “It ...

Below the bed is a little putto with wings. That's Cupid, also asleep, because a long, loving relationship is the last thing on the frantic satyr's mind. All you Taylors out there, does any of this ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In a new series Waldemar Januszczak (pictured) sets out to uncover the secret meanings hidden in four famous paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat. Everyone knows the pictures. They are ...

Januszczak was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Polish refugees who had arrived in England after the Second World War. After studying history of art at the University of Manchester, Januszczak ...

Episode two: Seurat. Hanging in the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Seurat’s Les Poseuses is a beautiful but puzzling picture. It shows three nudes in the artist’s studio, but also included in the ...