Lucian Freud's last muse has spoken publicly for the first time since his death to pay tribute to a "great friend" and inspiration who will "remain with me forever"... more
An early Lucian Freud picture bought for £18 at his first public exhibition has gone on show for the first time in more than 35 years. It is expected to make up to £600,000 at auction next week... more
Despite childhood dyslexia Esther Freud became a successful writer. As her seventh novel is published, she tells Katie Law why children shouldn't be pushed too hard... more
After spending his mornings sitting for Lucian Freud, his assistant of 20 years,
David Dawson, goes home to prepare for
an exhibition of his own work. Freud's studio is an inspirational place, he tells Ben Luke... more
Paris is hosting its first major show of the work of Britain’s most expensive living painter — so what do the French make of all those naked bodies in their ordinary unloveliness?
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There is no good way of letting taxpayers know that a bank which is 84 per cent in public ownership and which has just announced losses of £3.6 billion is about to pay bonuses amounting to £1.3 billion... more
This week, amid panicked reports that an unfinished Lucian Freud sold for only £5.4 million, I began to pray for a full-scale crash of the overinflated art market. What a massive relief that would be. I might even be able to buy a painting now and again. ... more
A Lucian Freud masterpiece featuring a nude on a tattered sofa and a previously unseen Francis Bacon triptych are together expected to make more than £25 million at auction... more
A painting of a naked JobCentre manager by Lucian Freud is expected to become the most expensive picture by a living artist ever sold when it goes under the hammer in New York next month... more
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