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Moss & Freud: this anodyne portrait of their artist-muse friendship lacks dramatic bite

Filmmakers have long found artistic creation both a compelling and a frustratingly elusive dramatic subject. In the right cinematic hands, artworks can be made to speak for themselves – think of the dazzling sequence of canvasses that concludes Vincente Minnelli’s 1956 biopic of van Gogh, Lust For Life. In the…

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Ellie Bamber on playing Kate Moss: ‘She's one of the most photographed women — that's scary’

The walk, the accent, the laugh — even the smoking. Turning into Kate Moss was the challenge of a lifetime for Ellie Bamber, who plays the supermodel in a new film

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Ellie Bamber: It was ‘really empowering’ to play Kate Moss

Ellie Bamber stars as Moss in new biographical drama film Moss & Freud

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‘In every slurp of paint, you see the Holocaust’: the genius and torments of Georg Baselitz

The German artist lived through Nazism and communism – and his horrific, shaming works, including a masturbating Hitler, forced his country to face its past. Yet in later life, he beautifully captured human frailty, portraying himself and his wife nude

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Collection including masterpieces by Klimt and Schiele to fetch ‘up to £150m’ at auction

Collection comes from Joe Lewis and his daughter Vivienne, whose family owns Tottenham Hotspur

The Independent UK

Masterpieces by Klimt, Matisse and Freud set for London’s most valuable auction

Sotheby’s said collection of billionaire Spurs’ owner Joe Lewis and daughter Vivienne expected to fetch more than £150m in June sale

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‘It was life-changing’: the celebrated art historian who spent 46 years sitting for Frank Auerbach

Catherine Lampert is a historian, curator and model who spent much of her time sitting for her famous friends. She tells us what the likes of Auerbach, Lucian Freud and Euan Uglow meant to her

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Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

Charli xcx's 'The Moment', the early drawings of Lucian Freud, and a murder mystery series set during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what to look out for this week.

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Jeremy King: I'm fed up with influencers overrunning my restaurant — enough is enough

As influencers flood his Bayswater restaurant, Jeremy King explains why an influx of cameras threaten to ruin dining out

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A great artist on paper: why Lucian Freud’s magical drawings are the key to his major works

The artist often swapped painting for etching as a way to rediscover his craft. Now a new exhibition shows these flashes of inspiration in all their intimate glory

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Euan Uglow review – No wonder Cherie Blair didn’t model for long, these pictures are exhausting just to look at

His work was so painstaking and slow to produce that the models – including a certain trainee barrister – often didn’t make it to the end of a portrait. It makes for paintings that seem drained of life

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Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting - A crude but illuminating treasure trove

4/5 This show concentrates on Freud’s drawings and while they were clearly casual works compared to his paintings, there is much to enjoy

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Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting review – no, I don’t want to come up and see these etchings

Freud was a master painter, but his drawings ranged from ordinary to awful. Guess which aspect of his work this show focuses on?

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From Lord of the Flies to Deftones: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne takes on the classic tale of deserted schoolboys, while the US band warm up for a pummelling summer of alt metal

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Miquita and Andi Oliver praise Lily Allen for ‘rebuilding’ after David Harbour divorce 'nearly broke her'

The Smile singer split from the Stranger Things star in 2024 and has since been linked to writer Jonah Freud

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The 12 London exhibitions you have to see in 2026

Lucien Freud, Tracey Emin, Marilyn Monroe, Anish Kapoor, Frida Kahlo, Es Devlin and Kate Moss are making it a star-filled year in art

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Bawdy Beryl, slick Seurat, titanic Tracey and the glory of Gaudí: the best art shows and architecture in 2026

Must-sees include Beryl Cook’s postwar brilliance, Tracey Emin’s new highs, Frida Kahlo’s confessions, plus Google’s HQ and Gaudí’s finally finished fever dream

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Me, myself and I: Meet Celia Paul, the solitary self-portrait artist exposing herself in Warsaw

"It feels like a crisis every time I pick up a brush and paint, it's life or death." There's no sense of exaggeration or drama when Celia Paul talks about her work but her paintings speak volumes about, tenderness, spirituality and the people she loves most.

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Celia Paul and Stephanie Radok have devoted their lives to making art – and writing about it

Women artists have always struggled to maintain an art practice as the primary focus of their lives. Going it alone, they’ve needed to contrive ways to survive, or accept that with commitment to a human “other” comes domestic concerns – and very likely, the demands of motherhood.

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“Disgracing Herself”: Lily Allen Sparks Revenge Era Buzz After Kissing 28YO Heir

Lily Allen fueled “revenge era” buzz after getting cozy with 28-year-old Jonah Freud following her explosive David Harbour split.

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Friday essay: racism, misogyny and culture wars: Zadie Smith and Anne Enright help us make sense of troubling times

Essay collections gather a writer’s thoughts over time and can be read as an oblique form of memoir, one in which the self is revealed through a series of conversations with the world.

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Unseen Lucian Freud artworks to feature in new exhibition

‘Drawing into Painting’ will showcase previously unseen work by the celebrated British artist at the National Portrait Gallery next year

Evening Standard

Unseen work by Lucian Freud to feature in National Portrait Gallery exhibition

Drawing into Painting will showcase previously unseen work by the British artist at the National Portrait Gallery next year.

The Independent UK

Bella Freud’s M&S collection has launched – here’s what to shop

The stalwart’s second collaboration with the iconic British designer is sure to sell out

The Guardian - UK

Moss and Freud review – Kate meets Lucian and they get on brilliantly with absolutely no funny business at all

London film festival: The supermodel comes across as a dippy trustafarian and the artist like her soppy old grandpa in this bland, legacy-protecting depiction of their friendship

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