What do sketchbooks reveal about the creative mind of one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated artists? Watch fashion designer, Bella Freud, talk about sitting for portraits by her father, the ...

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

Watch artist and presenter, Frank Paul, describe sitting for portraits by his father, the artist Lucian Freud, as he explores sketchbooks from the Gallery’s Lucian Freud Archive. Hello, my name is ...

A late Lucian Freud painting of Ria Kirby, an art handler at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, is appearing at auction for the first time during Frieze week next month, with an estimate of ...

The mirror of her eyes reminds me of the mirror in Jan van Eyck’s Marriage of Arnolfini, which similarly reflects the part of the room unseen by the viewer, and the colouring in Freud’s painting, with ...

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

Ria, Naked Portrait is deeply rooted in the art historical tradition of the reclining female nude, drawing from a lineage that includes Giorgione, Titian, and Velázquez, and finds a modern culmination ...

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Freud received a copy of the book in 1939 when he was sixteen and newly enrolled in art school. He featured his prized possession with its worn binding and creased pages, opened to the two sculptures ...

75.2 x 52.7 cm. (29.6 x 20.7 in.) ...