James Nicholls

At the National Portrait Gallery for Lucien Freud Drawing into Painting . Few artists have been reserved or as controversial as Freud. His portraits are uncompromising. Unfiltered. Often uncomfortable. They resist glamour. They reject flattery Flesh is rendered as weight, texture, vulnerability - never idealised. And yet, decades later, his work continues to define psychological portraiture in Britain. I have been interviewing Sarah Southgate, Senior Curator of Contemporary Collections at...

Complementing The Art of Arnold Friberg  exhibition, the panel discussion Portrait Painting Today: Tradition, Truth, and Relevance takes place on Saturday 14 February at 2.30pm, hosted by renowned curator Dr Alison Smith, with award-winning artists Miriam Escofet, Antony Williams, and Frances Bell. P resented by Nicholls Art Group , London and First Freedom Art Company, Houston Dr Alison Smith  is Director of Collections and Research at the Wallace Collection and former Chief...

From Clarence House, private residence of The King and Queen, London For the first time in the UK - T he Art of Arnold Friberg RSA arrives in London. Standing at the heart of British history, from Clarence House - the private residence of The King and Queen - inviting you to discover one of the most powerful figurative storytelling artists of the 20th century: Arnold Friberg RSA an extraordinary story. Featuring his historic portrait of 'Queen Elizabeth II' large equestrian painting as well...