A nude portrait by Lucian Freud of art handler Ria Kirby is coming to auction at Christie's London, priced at up to $20 million.

Bernard Jacobson also reflects on the trajectory of art history—something he discussed at length with the late Bowie.

LONDON, England (CNN)-- A picture of an overweight woman lying naked on a couch, painted by the British artist Lucian Freud, set a record Tuesday night for the most money paid for any work by a ...

Freud met her at a party hosted by Blackwood’s brother. ‘Lucian thought there were lots of girls like her, very, very nice.’ The last painting of Cuthbertson is one of my favourite paintings by Freud.

Lucian Freud was one of the major figurative painters of the 20th century ... He went on to study at the Central School of Art and Goldsmiths College, befriending Francis Bacon and associating with a ...

Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Dame Lucie Rie are ... Freud’s portrait of his friend John Minton - a teacher and an artist himself - will be displayed at the exhibition and is a significant ...

There is little doubt that historical racism has influenced the content and composition of several famous figurative ...

From debauched scenes with Bacon and Freud to the gritty earth of the Thames Estuary, the paintings of Michael Andrews have a creeping sense of the uncanny From the story of Degas‘s portrait of Manet ...

In the spring of 1980, six years before Mikhail Gorbachev introduced “glasnost” to the Soviet Union, Modernism gallery brought Russian avant-garde [1910-1930] art to the West Coast of the United ...

The Tate Modern has announced an exhibition celebrating the work of ‘80s clubbing icon Leigh Bowery. The Australian artist, ...