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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
4 days ago

Moss & Freud review: film exploring unlikely friendship ultimately fails to scratch the surface

The new film Moss & Freud opens with Kate Moss (Ellie Bamber) hurtling down the motorway, cigarette in hand, blond hair whipped back, redoing her lipstick in the rear-view mirror like a Hitchcockian anti-heroine. When sirens peal behind her and the police pass, Moss cackles. This sequence establishes the film's fixation as being on the model and unlikely, one-time muse of Lucian Freud (here Derek Jacobi), rather than on the artist. Sadly, it has little to say about either subject-or Freud's self-proclaimed search for "truth"
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Moss and Freud review Kate meets Lucian and they get on brilliantly with absolutely no funny business at all

The film portrays Lucian Freud and Kate Moss as a mismatched, domesticated pair that fails to capture the original painting's drama and erotic intensity.
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fromTime Out London
1 month ago

The National Portrait Gallery just announced a star-studded 2026 programme

The National Portrait Gallery's 2026 season features major UK shows on Lucian Freud and Catherine Opie and a blockbuster Marilyn Monroe portrait exhibition.
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fromJuxtapoz
1 month ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Preview: Rebecca Ness Opens New Solo Show @ Ben Brown Fine Arts, London

Rebecca Ness paints virtuosic, narrative-driven figurative oils blending homage to Lucian Freud with focus on everyday people, objects, and the materiality of paint.
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fromianVisits
3 months ago

National Portrait Gallery acquires 12 Lucian Freud portraits ahead of 2026 exhibition

The National Portrait Gallery acquired 12 portraits by Lucian Freud ahead of a major exhibition opening in February 2026.
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fromTheartnewspaper
4 months ago

Peggy Guggenheim's influential-and short-lived-London gallery to be celebrated in new show in Venice and London's Royal Academy

Peggy Guggenheim's influence on contemporary art in 20th-century Britain will be showcased in a major exhibition starting spring 2026.
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