Waldemar Januszczak
Chief Art Critic at The Sunday Times
I write about art and make films. My favourite artists: 1/Pontormo 2/Manet 3/Njideka Akunyili Crosby 4/Soutine 5/Reading FC
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3 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Waldemar Januszczak
He is handsome. Self-absorbed. Black cloak. White cravat. His hair, parted down the middle, falls around his face in dark and buoyant ringlets. Big moustache. Trendy goatee. You can imagine him as a singer-songwriter of the hippy era or perhaps, more weirdly, as a model for Jesus in a Rembrandt painting. Certainly, there is sorrow in his eyes, a powerful sense of looking inside himself rather than out. Note, as well, the size of those eyes. So big. So open.
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1 month ago |
thetimes.com | Waldemar Januszczak
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1 month ago |
thetimes.com | Waldemar Januszczak
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1 month ago |
thetimes.com | Waldemar Januszczak
At last. After a three-year rebuild and rehang that felt like ten years, Britain’s chief treasure house of old master art, the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, is ready for visitors again. The 200th anniversary facelift is complete. And the results are a shock. I was expecting change. But not this much. The most significant shift is the rehang of the entire collection and the journey on which it takes us.
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1 month ago |
thetimes.com | Rachel Campbell-Johnston |Giles Coren |Waldemar Januszczak |James Marriott
We all know the drill. If you’re feeling stressed or overwhelmed — go for a walk! Stop looking at screens! Eat more vegetables for a healthy microbiome that some scientists link to your mental health! This week researchers from the University of Cambridge have added another suggestion to this list of solutions: gaze at something beautiful. A new study suggests that taking time out to contemplate aesthetically pleasing art can boost abstract thinking and free us from everyday anxieties.
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