Tag: Lucian Freud

  • Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting

    The 170 drawings, etchings and paintings on show here not only lend insight into Freud’s working, but demonstrate how acute observation and prolonged time spent with sitters brings a sympathetic understanding of character

  • 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

  • Bartosz Beda: interview: ‘In chaos, there is always some kind of order’

    Beda, whose solo show Echoes of Seasons is at the Art Gallery of Collin College in Plano, Texas, talks about his process, the thoughts behind his current works – and how he is influenced by his eastern European background

  • Capturing the Moment: A Journey through Painting and Photography

    This exhibition considers the relationship between the two media, from documentary photography of the 1930s to the digital age. There is little new here, but some standout individual works

  • Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney

    While some might be quick to dismiss #WallaceWoofs as kitsch and gimmicky, it is a well-founded and well-grounded exhibition – and gets the lick of approval from my four-legged companion

  • Lucian Freud: New Perspectives

    This thought-provoking exhibition attempts to shift our attention away from the myths that surround Freud and on to his achievements as a painter

  • A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920–2020

    The Whitechapel Gallery takes us on a dizzying, exploratory tour through 100 years of artists’ workplaces in this ambitious group show

  • Her Dark Materials

    As the inaugural exhibition on the new art collectors’ digital platform, Eye of the Huntress, Her Dark Materials, featuring works by 27 international female artists, set in a virtual rendering of the former Wolverton Railway Works, is a splendid success…

  • 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