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The Guinness heir who became the ‘saviour’ of traditional Irish songs

Arts patron Garech Browne is the subject of a new book that hails him as a cultural rescuer who helped preserve Ireland’s folk tunes and poems

The Guardian - UK

Capturing The Moment review: a painting and photography journey

There is “a lot going on” in Tate Modern’s new exhibition, said Laura Freeman in The Times. Subtitled “A journey through painting and photography”, the show is a huge and ambitious attempt to explore the relationship between painting and photography from the early 20th century to the present day, examining…

The Week

Capturing the Moment review – not a serious exhibition

You can’t move for masterpieces – most of them owned by the Taiwanese collector Pierre Chen – but this supposed journey through painting and photography is rambling and at times comically simplistic

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Lord Rothschild: ‘I loaned Lucian Freud £1,000 so the Krays wouldn’t cut his hand off’

As a vast wedding cake sculpture is unveiled on the lawn at his stately home Waddesdon Manor, Lord Rothschild, scion of the banking dynasty, talks art, gangsters, champagne magnums and giant teapots with Geordie Greig

The Independent UK

Capturing the Moment: a Journey Through Painting and Photography at Tate Modern - all killer, no filler

Sure, the substance of this show is a little lightweight, but with banger after banger it’s totally forgiveable

Evening Standard

The other royal collection: Windsors’ multimillion-pound private trove of art may include official gifts

Guardian identifies almost 400 artworks as being privately owned by family, including works by Dalí, Monet, Freud, Chagall and Lowry

The Guardian - UK

Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney review

We British “love our dogs”, said Rachel Campbell-Johnston in The Times. And since at least the 17th century, British artists have shown equal enthusiasm for depicting man’s best friend. Thomas Gainsborough painted his beloved mutts and put their portrait in “pride of place” above the mantelpiece in his London house…

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‘Before cancer I was really unhappy’: Tracey Emin on the joy of founding her own art school

When she thought she was dying, Emin vowed to create a lasting legacy. Now she has opened the doors of a new art school and studio complex in Margate, and found fulfilment in helping younger artists

The Guardian - UK

Portraits of Dogs review – pass the pooper-scooper, this one’s a stinker

This show of canine portraiture is so trite and desperate to please, it ends up insulting animals and audience alike

The Guardian - UK

Portraits of Dogs at the Wallace Collection review: canine culture will bow wow all doggie lovers

This exhibition of art featuring man’s best friend spans centuries, from a second century sculpture to David Hockney and Lucian Freud

Evening Standard

Lucian Freud portrait of daughter Isobel expected to fetch up to £20m at auction

Ib Reading, not seen in public for more than 20 years, was result of more than 70 sittings

The Guardian - UK

The joy of clothes on canvas: how painters celebrate fashion – and inspire it

Art and fashion influencing each other is nothing new – but, more than ever, there seems to be a beautiful cross-pollination going on between painters and designers

The Guardian - UK

Who is Ellie Bamber? Actress set to play Kate Moss in biopic

She’s the rising star picked by supermodel Kate Moss to play her in biopic, but where has Ellie Bamber come from?

Evening Standard

Ellie Bamber to play Kate Moss in new film on the model's relationship with Lucian Freud

Ellie Bamber is set to star as Kate Moss in new biopic Moss & Freud, which focuses on the model's relationship with the portrait painter

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The Guardian - UK

Kate Moss helps to cast Ellie Bamber to play her in biopic

British supermodel has hand in choosing rising actor in film that recounts how she sat for Lucian Freud in 2002

The Guardian - UK

The anti-hibernation culture guide: something to enjoy for every day in January

You can spend the next few weeks under the duvet and in front of the telly, or enjoy world-class art, theatre, music, film and standup – here’s an event for each of the next 31 days

The Guardian - UK

The Artist’s Studio by James Hall review – lust, crime and creativity

From Bernini to Bacon, the artist’s studio has long been a place of passion and tragedy, offering a unique glimpse into the creative mind

The Guardian - UK

From The Silent Twins to Sam Ryder: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s a magnetic drama about elective-mute twins or the leonine Eurovision nearly man’s debut LP, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

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A visual feast: 6 favorite coffee table and gift books of 2022

This year's selection of visual delights highlights the work of artists and designers who have made an enduring impact, including Lucian Freud, Elsa Schiaparelli and Patti Smith.

The Guardian - UK

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s enigmatic figures, sensational seeds and a heavyweight four-way face off – the week in art

Mysterious portraits of fictitious people, the roots of colonialism and the works of Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and friends – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Making Modernism review – the genius of Käthe Kollwitz stands out like a raw wound

This badly mistitled survey mistakenly pitches a selection of German expressionist women as revolutionaries – with one timeless exception

The Guardian - UK

‘A more anarchic city’: Darryl Pinckney on New York literary life in the 1970s

The novelist’s memoir evokes the ambition and thrill of writing alongside Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, James Baldwin and his mentor Elizabeth Hardwick

Reuters

Cezanne, Seurat works headline $1 billion sale from late Microsoft co-founder's estate

Paintings by Paul Cezanne, Georges Seurat and Lucian Freud will go under the hammer next month in a sale of artworks from the estate of late Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen that is expected to raise more than $1 billion for philanthropic causes.

The Guardian - UK

Lucian Freud: New Perspectives; Marina Abramović: Gates and Portals – review

Lucian Freud’s dispassionate work speaks for itself in a liberating show without wall texts, while Marina Abramović pushes our critic to the brink

Evening Standard

Actor Idris Elba axes Battersea wine bar plan as he can’t find the staff

IDRIS Elba’s plans to expand his wine bar company into Battersea have been pulled, according to his business partner.

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