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 Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025
Lucian Freud self-portrait could sell for up to £12 million Christie’s will offer three major works in its 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on October 15. Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2025
Marilyn Monroe centenary exhibition to feature at National Portrait Gallery Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait will open at the London gallery in summer next year. Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2025
Portraits so powerful they override reality – Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting review Saville’s colossal canvases are filled with bloodied mouths, epically thrusting nipples and meaty legs – and her tender Degas-like drawings are truly lovely The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025
Lovers, haters, rivals and chums – Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists review What happens when artists paint artists? From Lucian Freud and Celia Paul to Lubaina Himid and Claudette Johnson, this cracking show provides absorbing insights The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2025
‘He said I sounded hysterical’: Celia Paul on lover Lucian Freud, his cold friends and the ‘devastating’ YBAs In prose and in paint, the great artist Celia Paul is exorcising the ghosts of her past – from the cruelties of her lover Freud, to his offhand cohorts, and the YBA revolution that declared painting dead The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2025
Leigh Bowery! review – a colossal display of shapeshifting outrageousness and originality The late Australian performance artist’s huge retrospective is packed with outlandish costumes, stylish photographs, emotive writing and evocative video footage, but what is most striking is his singular artistic vision The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2025
Leigh Bowery! at Tate Modern: Sprays inspiration over viewers like an enema 4/5 This well-earned retrospective relishes the fabulousness and revulsion of a nightlife icon Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2025
Leigh Bowery! review – the sex, scandal and sprayed enemas of the ultimate exhibitionist This exhaustive account of the iconic diva and dandy covers all the fashion, drugs, clubs and self-obsession of a life that was short, sleazy and sensational The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025
‘Lucian Freud was thrilled when Leigh Bowery stripped naked’: how a wild club kid became the great painter’s muse When outrageous clubbers Sue Tilley and Bowery posed for the eminent artist, some of the most spectacular portraits of the century were born. Tilley talks about sex, cash and Bowery’s untimely death The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025
‘A living, breathing work of art’: Leigh Bowery by those who knew him best The performance artist shocked 1980s London with his surreal outfits, outlandish lifestyle and collaborations with Lucian Freud, dancer Michael Clark and others. As a major exhibition opens at Tate Modern, family and friends talk about Bowery’s larger-than-life legacy The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025
Things to do in London this weekend, from Billie Eilish to Bill Bailey Mike Daw returns with his pick of the best things to see, do and hear this weekend Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2025
National Gallery pulls all-nighter for Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers final weekend Tickets for night-time slots on 17 January go on sale as gallery opens for 24 hours for second time in its history The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2024 ‘Puzzles give you order in a chaotic world’: meet the setters behind your favourite conundrums From crosswords to quizzes, murder mysteries to number puzzles, brain-teasers are more popular than ever. But who are the fiendish minds behind them? The Guardian’s crossword editor introduces six top setters
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024 Frank Auerbach death: Famed painter who fled from Nazis dies aged 93 ‘A true giant is gone, but his remarkable legacy will continue to inspire and endure’
The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024 Frank Auerbach, leading figurative painter who fled Nazis, dies aged 93 Saved from the Holocaust by a sponsorship that took him from Berlin to London as a child, the artist later fell in with Soho’s artistic crowd including Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud
Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2024 Bella Freud x M&S: the designer on her new collaboration and best pieces to shop now Bella Freud tells Joe Bromley her M&S collab is anything but cosy
The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2024 Francis Bacon: Human Presence; Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee: Open Wound – review Likeness is almost beside the point as Bacon’s wild originality transcends simple portraiture. At the Turbine Hall, Mire Lee’s floating ‘skins’ are a one-hit spectacle
International Business Times · Oct 10, 2024 Lucian Freud 'Masterpiece' Fetches GBP13.9 Million At London Sale A nude by Lucian Freud that took 16 months to paint sold for GBP13.9 million ($18.2 million) at a London auction on Wednesday, the first time the work, hailed as a "masterpiece," has come to market.
The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024 Francis Bacon – Human Presence review: the outrage king of British art at his terrifying best, and worst Blockbuster show at the National Portrait Gallery overcomes Bacon’s late career lows to prove that his brutally frank portraiture can still take the breath away
The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2024 Heath Ledger’s Joker was based on a Francis Bacon painting, says Christopher Nolan Hollywood director is one of several leading creatives to speak of Bacon’s influence ahead of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2024 Jeremy King: ‘The first time I was ever impressed by anyone was Meryl Streep’ The A-list’s favourite restaurateur on celebrity diners, what makes a good meal great – and why his solution to stress is transcendental meditation
The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2024 Nadia Sawalha: ‘I can be ball-breaking and soppy’ The TV presenter, 59, on compulsive eating, turning 60 and the secret of a good marriage
Wallpaper · Aug 9, 2024 ’What is the life of a woman?’: Nadège Vanhée on a decade of womenswear at Hermès For the past ten years, Nadège Vanhée, head of womenswear at Hermès, has steered the French maison on a quietly rebellious path, exploring notions of contemplation, liberation and sensuality. Speaking to fashion features editor Jack Moss, she unpacks her evolution