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Waldemar Januszczak

1954-01-12 (70 years old) in Hampshire, England

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 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. Januszczak has been described as "a passionate art lover, art critic and writer. His presentation style is casual but informed, enthusiastic, evocative and humorous. He bumbles about on our TV screens, doing for art what David Attenborough has done for the natural world," and someone who acts out of "a refusal to present art as elitist in any way. He makes it utterly accessible and understandable."

Movies

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The Mystery of the Nativity
0 %|Dec 20, 2022
Documentary
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Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman
40 %|Apr 6, 2017
Documentary
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Holbein: Eye of the Tudors
50 %|Jan 24, 2015
Documentary, History
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Rubens: An Extra Large Story
0 %|Jan 3, 2015
Documentary
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Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story
0 %|Sep 7, 2012
Documentary, Music
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Ugly Beauty
0 %|Jan 9, 2010
Documentary
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B movie
68 %|Jul 9, 2009
Documentary
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Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art
53 %|Jun 13, 2009
Documentary
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Sickert vs Sargent
0 %|May 21, 2007
Documentary
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Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story
0 %|Dec 16, 2006
Documentary
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Paradise Found
0 %|Oct 29, 2005
Documentary
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The Michelangelo Code Secrets Of The Sistine Chapel
0 %|May 21, 2005
Documentary, History
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Beijing Swings
20 %|Jan 2, 2003
Documentary
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Gauguin: The Full Story
0 %|Jan 1, 2003
Documentary
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The Lost Supper
0 %|Dec 27, 1998
Documentary

Series

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Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism
100 %|Jan 30, 2024
Documentary
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The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak
65 %|Mar 17, 2020
Documentary
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Handmade in Bolton
0 %|Oct 7, 2019
Documentary
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The Renaissance Unchained
0 %|Feb 15, 2016
Documentary
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Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness
0 %|Jan 21, 2014
Documentary
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The Dark Ages: An Age of Light
75 %|Nov 27, 2012
Documentary
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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
50 %|Oct 24, 2011
Talk
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Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's
90 %|Mar 11, 2009
Documentary
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Arthouse
0 %|Oct 26, 1997
Documentary