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 · Mar 28, 2023
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 · Mar 28, 2023
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 · Feb 23, 2023
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 · Feb 9, 2023
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 · Feb 3, 2023
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 Daily Mirror · Feb 3, 2023
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 · Feb 2, 2023
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 · Dec 31, 2022
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 · Dec 28, 2022
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 The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022
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. WEKU · Nov 26, 2022
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 · Nov 25, 2022
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 · Nov 9, 2022
‘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 The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022
Reuters · Oct 14, 2022 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 · Oct 2, 2022 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 · Sep 29, 2022 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.
Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2022 Lucian Freud’s portrait of Wolseley founder Jeremy King expected to sell for £350,000 King is selling the work from his own personal collection at Sotheby’s, on October 15
The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2022 Lucian Freud’s etching of Wolseley restaurant creator to be sold Artist dined at Mayfair restaurant almost every night in later years, and would sometimes share a table with co-founder Jeremy King
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022 Lucian Freud review – the Queen, Leigh Bowery and the artist’s ex-wives stand brutally revealed From the monarch to the naked performance artist who was living with Aids, Freud paints life lived in the face of death, with an unsentimental eye for human tendernesss
Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2022 Lucian Freud: New Perspectives at the National Gallery - unfortunately revealing Freud was obsessed with the Old Masters; this show putting him in the thick of them doesn’t do him any favours
Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2022 How a National Gallery exhibition is giving us a new perspective on Lucian Freud The largest exhibition of the artist’s work in a decade opens this week
Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2022 Pay what you can afford to see Lucian Freud’s controversial picture of the Queen The first major exhibition of Lucian Freud’s work in 10 years will include that painting of Queen Elizabeth II
The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022 National Gallery announces ‘pay what you wish’ scheme amid cost-of-living crisis Visitors can pay as much or as little as they like with a £1 minimum fee for a new Lucian Freud exhibition.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022 A wave of Korean art, the sound of Turner and Freud goes to the races – the week in art The V&A’s new show is a dazzling historical remix, Tate Liverpool sets an English master to music, while Lucian Freud’s love for the turf is revealed – all in your weekly dispatch