Tag: Frank Auerbach

Frank Auerbach

Britain’s greatest postwar painter has a belated German homecoming, which captures the remarkable presence of his work
Celia Paul: Colony of Ghosts* and Celia Paul: Diaries**

Two concurrent solo exhibitions paint a much broader portrait of the artist Celia Paul, debunking the myth of her as a recluse and showing us some of who and what went into making her her
Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads

Repeatedly drawing the same sitters from among his circle of close friends, Auerbach conveys his subjects with truth, tenderness and empathy, getting to the very heart of them
Joe Tilson – book review

Marco Livingstone’s monograph, with more than 600 illustrations, weaves biographical detail with an authority of British art history in a definitive account of this important artist
Fruits of the Spirit: Art from the Heart

A virtual exhibition that leaves one visitor feeling more like a student on completing an essay than a gallery-goer having had a visceral encounter with 18 fabulous works of art
Becoming Gustav Metzger: Uncovering the Early Years, 1945-1959

Showing work from Metzger’s formative years, much of it rarely seen before, this exhibition sheds light on the artist’s search for his own artistic language before his ‘auto-destructive’ period
Brian Dawn Chalkley: The Untold Depth of Savagery

Brian Dawn Chalkley’s alter ego, Dawn, has sketched a world of androgynous figures with guns in seaside landscapes, on to pillowcases, in a continuing exploration of gender and sexuality
Anthony Whishaw – Works on Paper

This accessible and entertaining book by Richard Davey focuses on the 90-year-old artist’s long-forgotten sketches and works on paper and provides new insights into Whishaw’s career
Young Bomberg and the Old Masters

This disappointingly limited exhibition does little to uphold the promised insight into the influence of the old masters on Bomberg’s work
Anthony Eyton – interview: ‘I’m still dealing with my mother’s early death. That’s what the paintings are about perhaps’

Now 96, remarkably the Royal Academician’s latest show is full of recent paintings, which Frank Auerbach has told him are his most original yet. He talks about his artistic practice, the influence of his mother’s work and how hard he…