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 ...

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.

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 ...

149.9 x 160 cm. (59 x 63 in.) ...

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 ...

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 ...

43.2 x 30.2 cm. (17 x 11.9 in.) ...

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

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

Paintings, Room 88a, the Edwin and Susan Davies Gallery, and Prints & Drawings, Room 90, the Julie and Robert Breckman Gallery ...