17 JANUARY 1964, page 20

Faust And Furious

TAKE a girl like Cleo- patra, throw in Apollo, a few dozen nymphs with- out their attendant shep- herds, stir rapidly with an equal number of fauns, add a nameless gladiator and......

Post-pop

LIVELY recent figurative paintings (together with photographic `pop' art which now looks passe) have irrupted into the RCA Galleries alongside the Albert Hall until January 29.......

More Ways To Rome

By ISABEL QUIGLY Mamma Roma. (Berkeley, `X' certificate.) — The Pink Panther. (Odeon, Leicester Square, `1.J' cer- tificate.) I HAVE a theory (often punctured) that visual......