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Waldemar Januszczak challenges the traditional notion of the Renaissance having fixed origins in Italy and showcases the ingenuity in both technique and ideas behind great artists such as Van Eyck, Memling, Van der Weyden, Cranach, Riemenschneider and Durer.The Great Myths Of The Renaissance (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | 59:51Perspective | 429K subscribers | 1,152,290 views | September 12, 2020

Critics round on exhibition’s alternative interpretations of Hogarth paintings, describing them as "wokeish drivel" Tate Britain in London has defended the approach taken in its Hogarth and Europe exhibition (until 20 March 2022) following a wave of criticism focused on wall labels written by contemporary commentators, which one critic described as “wokeish drivel”. The museum’s director, Alex Farquharson, tells The Art Newspaper that “Tate Britain has both the confidence to provide a public platform for those conversations and the expertise to contribute to them directly.” The exhibition, curated by Alice Insley and a former Tate senior curator Martin Myrone, presents...