The Queen’s portraits - how countless artists have made an icon of a figurehead of state Her face has imbued our cultural consciousness since she was a child Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2022
From corgis to controversy, these are the most striking portraits of Queen Elizabeth II The Queen sat for more than 200 official portraits during her reign and often let modern artists to do their own thing — which caused a fair share of controversy. ABC News · Sep 14, 2022
Autumn culture guide 2022: From Lucian Freud to My Neighbour Totoro, Blonde to The Crown We pick the new season’s highlights in our ultimate guide to what to book and binge-watch over the next few months The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2022
Idealised, gilded or defaced, Queen Elizabeth's image dominated our age From Beaton to Warhol, from the Sex Pistols to the coins in our pockets, the Queen’s face has been everywhere The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2022
The best exhibitions to see in London in autumn 2022, from Lucian Freud to Lynette Yiadom-Boakye How to get your art fix in the capital Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2022
Winslow Homer, Cézanne and Zaha Hadid: the best art and architecture of autumn 2022 The exhibition of the year is here, plus we have South Korean pop culture, a Sudanese women’s champion, decoded Egyptian hieroglyphs, Zaha Hadid’s ‘yonic stadium’ and a rare showing for the ‘American Turner’ The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2022
I can only stand in baffled awe as my husband’s novel is brought to life on film Just as he couldn’t explain to me what inspired his characters, I can’t divine what he thinks of this adaptation The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2022
Mexican icon Frida Kahlo to be subject of new stage musical Painters have long been the subject of stage shows — think Mark Rothko, Seurat, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Lucian Freud The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022
Things to do in London this weekend (July 22-24) Allow us to sort out your weekend plans Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2022
From The Good Boss to The Kid Laroi: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment Whether you want a wry look at the workplace or some youthful, Bieber-assisted pop-rap, our critics have you covered for the next seven days The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2022
Turner’s turn-ons and Freud’s family affair – the week in art The great landscape artist’s lesser known erotic art goes on show in London while Lucian Freud is at Sigmund’s house and Jay Jopling’s White Cube crew are off to the countryside The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2022
‘Sigmund would have loved this’ – Lucian Freud: The Painter and his Family review The painter’s sex life drove his art. Does this show think that’s too vulgar to go into? The result is richly ironic: a case of repression in the building that houses Sigmund’s consulting couch The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022
Lucian Freud exhibition to feature family photos and childhood drawings To honour what would have been the painter’s centenary year, the Freud Museum in London is staging an exhibition from July 6 until January 23. The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022
Francis Bacon portrait of Lucian Freud sells for £43 million A Francis Bacon painting of Lucian Freud has sold for a record-breaking £43.4 million at auction. Evening Standard · Jun 29, 2022
The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022 Francis Bacon portrait of Lucian Freud sets records in £43.4 million sale The painting has become the most valuable work of art sold at auction in London this summer season so far, according to Sotheby’s.
Evening Standard · Jun 15, 2022 Francis Bacon portrait of Lucian Freud set to sell for millions at auction A Francis Bacon portrait of fellow painter – and Soho drinking buddy – Lucian Freud that has not been seen for more than half-a-century is expected to sell for more than £35 million this month.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2022 Francis Bacon portrait of Lucian Freud expected to sell for over £35m at auction Painting, based on black and white photograph, last exhibited in 1965 as part of a triptych
The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022 Francis Bacon portrait unseen for 60 years to make auction debut Study for Portrait of Lucian Freud was painted by British artist Bacon in 1964
The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2022 ‘She is dancing among the greats’: the dangerously honest, richly ambiguous Paula Rego Art’s great storyteller has died at the age of 87. Our critic celebrates a woman of courage and freakish imagination
Evening Standard · May 20, 2022 Kate Moss to produce biopic about her portrait sittings for Lucian Freud The biopic will cover the period that Moss sat for iconic British painter Lucian Freud
The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2022 ‘They are totally smashing it!’ Bernardine Evaristo on the artistic triumph of older Black women Artists, novelists, actors, poets: from the Venice Biennale to Bridgerton, Black women in their 50s and 60s are finally getting the recognition they deserve, says the pioneering Booker winner
The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022 Lucian Freud exhibition held at Freud Museum for the first time Exhibition in Sigmund Freud’s family home in Hampstead marks Lucian’s 100th anniversary
The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2022 Previously unseen Lucian Freud etchings to be published for first time Definitive study will include early versions of the revered 20th-century artist’s most famous creations
The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2022 Letters to Gwen John by Celia Paul review – a woman in her own image The painter conveys her spiritual connection with a fellow obsessive and ascetic artist in this fascinating book of imagined correspondence that lays bare the creative process
The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2022 Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945-65 review – a magnificent history lesson Bomb sites, barbed wire, figures on the verge of collapse… this exceptional show of art made in the aftermath of war speaks directly to present horrors