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Lord Rothschild: ‘I loaned Lucian Freud £1,000 so the Krays wouldn’t cut his hand off’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs a vast wedding cake sculpture is unveiled on the lawn at his stately home Waddesdon Manor, Lord...
Pay what you can afford to see Lucian Freud’s controversial picture of the Queen
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoThe National Gallery is launching its first “pay what you can afford” scheme for its landmark new...
Lucian Freud: New Perspectives at the National Gallery - unfortunately revealing
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoHow do you find a new angle on an artist as familiar as Lucian Freud? He’s been the subject of...
Lucian Freud drawing resurrected after artist tore it into 40 pieces to be sold at auction
The Telegraph via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoAn early drawing by Lucian Freud is being offered for sale years after the artist tore it up into...
Capturing the Moment: a Journey Through Painting and Photography at Tate Modern - all killer, no...
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoAbsolute bangers abound in Tate Modern’s latest show. In the show’s biggest room, with Marlene...
How a National Gallery exhibition is giving us a new perspective on Lucian Freud
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoLucian Freud is having a moment – though he’s never been out of fashion since his death in 2011. But...
The Queen’s portraits - how countless artists have made an icon of a figurehead of state
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoHelen of Troy had nothing on Elizabeth II. A thousand ships is a paltry effort compared to the...
Portraits of Dogs at the Wallace Collection review: canine culture will bow wow all doggie lovers
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThere’s a scene in the 1961 Disney version of 101 Dalmatians where people and their dogs (or dogs...
Boundaries of Black art challenged in new show
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoA new show showcases artists whose work escapes neat definition and asks, “What happens if you don’t make work that’s so overtly Black, joyous or...
Booze, bleach and bad blood: writer Iain Sinclair recounts tales of old Soho
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoJoanna Taylor discovers how one forgotten photographer helped forge the legend of Soho past — and...