Francis Bacon is something of a Marmite painter. There are those who love him – his searing honesty and the existential ...

First they came for Sir Winston Churchill’s urinal, then they dispatched Margaret Thatcher in favour of lyrical landscapes, ...

Nahem Shoa says museums are increasingly representing more images of non-white people.

Lucian Freud ... A nude by Lucian Freud that took 16 months to paint sold for £13.9 million ($18.2 million) at a London auction on Wednesday, the first time the work, hailed as a "masterpiece," has ...

This exhibition of the gloom-merchant’s unconventional portraits is as powerful and perverse as the man himself ...

In this arresting new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, the artist's ability to capture the essence of those he ...

Lucian Freud's 'Ria, Naked Portrait' is set to be a highlight at Frieze's '20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale' at the British auction house, Christie's on Oct. 9, 2024. The painting, which is ...

A nude portrait by Lucian Freud could set a new record for the late British artist at a London auction next week. "Ria, Naked Portrait" is the star attraction of next Wednesday's sale and is being ...

Italy handed back to Canada on Thursday a famous photographic portrait of Winston Churchill that was stolen from an Ottawa hotel more than two years ago and sold at auction to an unsuspecting ...

LONDON – Christie’s is delighted to be presenting a seminal work by Lucian Freud, Ria, Naked Portrait (estimate: £10,000,000 – 15,000,000). Offered at auction for the first time, the piece will be one ...