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 ...

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.

Lucian Freud was one of the major figurative painters of the 20th century. Working in an uncompromisingly confrontational style, his portraits and nudes were rendered with a thickly laden brush. Often ...

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 ...

We measured the eye movements of visitors to a gallery as they looked at a set of five portraits of black sitters.

Marie Olo, from the CPS, said: "Vincent Dyer dishonestly tried to sell a replica of a well-known Lucian Freud painting to make a gain for himself. "He claimed the false advert had only ever been a ...

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

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

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