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Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Frank Auerbach form part of Sotheby’s summer exhibition

Exhibition showing Britain as ‘melting pot’ for world renowned artists

The Independent UK

Redone, hidden, burnt: seven famous subjects and the portraits they hated

Mining tycoon Gina Rinehart has asked the National Gallery of Australia to remove her portrait, painted by Vincent Namatjira. Others have gone much further

The Guardian - AU

Booze, bleach and bad blood: writer Iain Sinclair recounts tales of old Soho

Joanna Taylor discovers how one forgotten photographer helped forge the legend of Soho past — and immortalise the likes of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud forever

Evening Standard

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‘I don’t want to cancel him’: Rose Boyt on confronting the gaze of her father, Lucian Freud

The artist’s daughter talks about her chaotic childhood, writing truthfully about her dad, and the books she read to him on his deathbed

The Guardian - UK

From The Fall Guy to Dua Lipa: your complete guide to the week’s entertainment

Ryan Gosling plays a stunt double searching for a missing Hollywood star, while Britain’s biggest pop star offers some Glastonbury-ready bangers

The Guardian - UK

‘All of them were drunk’: Iain Sinclair on Freud, Bacon and the postwar Soho arts scene

The author on his new book about photographer John Deakin, being at ease in his 80s – and walking amid London’s fast-moving phone zombies

The Guardian - UK

‘A ball of mighty, miraculous life’ – Picturing Childhood review

From Lucian Freud’s unsentimental depiction of infant Bella to Raphael’s intimate observations and an 18th-century pram designed to be pulled by a goat, this exhibition is full of fun and insight

The Guardian - UK

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10 Most Expensive Paintings: Brushstrokes Of Value

In the world of contemporary art, a handful of paintings have attained legendary status through their staggering prices at auction. These masterpieces, spanning various eras and styles, epitomize artistic excellence and the vision of renowned creators.

International Business Times

‘She keeps us enthralled, like Bowie did’: the magic of Kate Moss, by her photographers

What’s it like to photograph the supermodel? As she hits 50, five photographers relive their shoots – from capturing her in a transparent dress to putting her in bed with Lucian Freud

The Guardian - UK

John Craxton: A Modern Odyssey review – the wandering painter who blossomed in the light

From a dank flatshare with Lucian Freud to the dazzling sun of Crete, the British neo-Romantic blossoms before your very eyes in this irresistible show

The Guardian - UK

John Craxton review – why paint when there’s ouzo, dancing and drunken sailors?

An expat in Crete, Craxton put the pleasures of Mediterranean life first, but still managed to paint graphic works full of vitality. These are joined here by Crackers, a biopic by Tacita Dean

The Guardian - UK

Bella Freud on her father Lucian Freud, her love of slogan knits and the power of a great suit

In an exclusive extract from Bay Garnett’s new book Style and Substance, Bella Freud details her life in fashion

Evening Standard

‘You could fill a museum with it’: the $963m Roman Abramovich art collection revealed

Leak suggests the oil and gas tycoon and his ex-wife Dasha Zhukova amassed one of the most significant collections of modern art in private hands

The Guardian - UK

Roman Abramovich amassed one of the world’s most impressive private stores of modern art

The Guardian’s art critic examines the collection amassed by the oligarch and his ex-wife Dasha Zhukova, which includes Freuds, Picassos and Russian modernism

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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 Week

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 Guardian - UK

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

The Independent UK

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

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Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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 Week

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…

The Guardian - UK

‘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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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