HISTORICAL FACTS: 4 - The Untold Story

Paul Smith opens up ‘Bar Paul’ for his return to Pitti Uomo after 31 years

Paul Smith’s S/S 2025 menswear collection, shown yesterday evening as part of Florence menswear fair Pitti Uomo, was inspired by the Italian coffee bars of London’s Soho and their artistic patrons

Wallpaper · Jun 12, 2024

How do I live my best life? I’ll consult a painting, thanks – not my smug ‘AI future self’

Really, what can these chatbots developed by researchers at MIT teach us that Tolstoy or Lucian Freud can’t? asks comedian and author Viv Groskop

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024

Naked Portrait by Rose Boyt review – under Lucian Freud’s gaze

The artist’s daughter tells the compelling story of sitting for him, but too often gets lost in the detail

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024

From The Fall Guy to Dua Lipa: your complete guide to the week’s entertainment

Ryan Gosling plays a stunt double searching for a missing Hollywood star, while Britain’s biggest pop star offers some Glastonbury-ready bangers

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024

‘All of them were drunk’: Iain Sinclair on Freud, Bacon and the postwar Soho arts scene

The author on his new book about photographer John Deakin, being at ease in his 80s – and walking amid London’s fast-moving phone zombies

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2024

‘A ball of mighty, miraculous life’ – Picturing Childhood review

From Lucian Freud’s unsentimental depiction of infant Bella to Raphael’s intimate observations and an 18th-century pram designed to be pulled by a goat, this exhibition is full of fun and insight

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2024

10 Most Expensive Paintings: Brushstrokes Of Value

In the world of contemporary art, a handful of paintings have attained legendary status through their staggering prices at auction. These masterpieces, spanning various eras and styles, epitomize artistic excellence and the vision of renowned creators.

International Business Times · Feb 12, 2024

‘She keeps us enthralled, like Bowie did’: the magic of Kate Moss, by her photographers

What’s it like to photograph the supermodel? As she hits 50, five photographers relive their shoots – from capturing her in a transparent dress to putting her in bed with Lucian Freud

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2024

John Craxton: A Modern Odyssey review – the wandering painter who blossomed in the light

From a dank flatshare with Lucian Freud to the dazzling sun of Crete, the British neo-Romantic blossoms before your very eyes in this irresistible show

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2023

John Craxton review – why paint when there’s ouzo, dancing and drunken sailors?

An expat in Crete, Craxton put the pleasures of Mediterranean life first, but still managed to paint graphic works full of vitality. These are joined here by Crackers, a biopic by Tacita Dean

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023