Waldemar Januszczak

Quick Facts

Full Name	Waldemar Januszczak
Occupation	Art Critic
Date Of Birth	Jan 12, 1954(1954-01-12)
Age	70
Birthplace	Basingstoke
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Capricorn

Waldemar Januszczak Biography

Waldemar Januszczak is one of the most popular and richest Art Critic who was born on January 12, 1954 in Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom. Waldemar Januszczak (born 12 January 1954) is an English art critic, TV documentary producer and presenter. Formerly, he was the art critic at The Guardian, he took the same job in The Sunday Times in 1992 and has twice been awarded The Critic of the Year award.

In his review of the exhibition Americans at Paris in the London’s National Gallery during 2006, the artist criticized James McNeill’s Symphony in White No 1 as “a clumsy bit of cake-making with thick smudges of white rubbed into the canvas in coarse, dry skid marks”. “Even Whistler’s renowned mother manages here to underwhelm”, said he. The creator Jamie Shovlin, Januszczak later the same year revealed in his essay how the 1970s glam rock group Lustfaust was a band that “cocked a notorious snook at the music industry in the late 1970s by giving away their music on blank cassettes and getting their fans to design their own covers”. Lustfaust had never existed beyond the fiction of Shovlin. Januszczak remarked that Shovlin deserves praise for his ability to bring us back to the vital role for the performer in contemporary society. He also made it clear his position that “Reality simply cannot be trusted any more”.

Waldemar Januszczak has made many appearances on television, on which medium he has presented programmes on the history of art. He has also made appearances on programmes such as The Culture Show and Newsnight Review. Beginning on 27 November 2012, he presented a four-part series The Dark Ages: An Age of Light about the art and architecture of the Dark Ages on BBC Four.

After studying history of art at the University of Manchester, Januszczak became an art critic – and then arts editor – of The Guardian. In 1990 he was appointed head of arts at the UK’s Channel 4 television and in 1992 he became art critic for The Sunday Times. He has been voted Critic of the Year twice by the Press Association.

In 2004, he was different from the majority of critics in his defense of the work that was Stella Vine, singling her out as an example of praise in his otherwise scathing critique of Saatchi Gallery’s New Blood exhibit (“although I wasn’t sure if I was going to appreciate the work of Vine however, I was pleasantly surprised. It was an interesting piece of work”) and continues to support her, observing “a combination of empathy and cynicism that can be startling.” The following year, he also participated in a Christmas special edition for critics of the popular television game show University Challenge.

Waldemar Januszczak Net Worth

Waldemar Januszczak is one of the richest Art Critic from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Waldemar Januszczak 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Januszczak has been producing films since 1997, through the production firm ZCZ Films.

He was in 1997 when he participated in an Channel 4 discussion called The Death of Painting, occasioned by the absence of artists who had won the Turner Prize. The program became famous after an apparent drunk Tracey Emin cursed at others in the audience and left the stage after 10 minutes. In 2002, insurance broker and art dealer Ivan Massow lashed out at conceptual art and claimed that Emin was unable to “think her way out of a paper bag”, Januszczak wrote addressed to The Independent that “thinking” is not a good idea in such a situation.

In October 2008, Januszczak co-curated a show at the British Museum called Statuephilia, in which modern sculptures by 6 artists were shown next to their more ancient counterparts. The show was inspired during his creation of the series The Sculpture Diaries, a three-part series on sculpture around the world, which was first aired on 31 August 2008 on Channel 4.

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Facts & Trivia

Waldemar Ranked on the list of most popular Art Critic. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Waldemar Januszczak celebrates birthday on January 12 of every year.

Is Waldemar Januszczak polish?

Januszczak was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Polish refugees who had arrived in England after the Second World War.

What invention does Waldemar Januszczak possibly contribute to the amazing

detail of the Renaissance painters?

Januszczak attributed the superb achievements of the German and Flemish territories to the invention of oil paint (although according to him it was actually invented in 700 AD or so in Afghanistan, for Buddhist paintings), optics, lenses and spectacles, the better to aid the artist’s vision.

Where can I watch Waldemar Januszczak?

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What nationality is Waldemar Januszczak?

British