Ria, Naked Portrait (2006-07) depicts an art handler who approached the artist, then in his 80s, to pose for the painting

The gallery's curators reveal the role played by living artists and women in building the institution’s all-embracing character over the past 200 years

Rose Boyt’s memoir explores the highs, lows and contradictions of sitting for the artist

The Sussex house-cum-studio where the graphic novelist worked for six decades proves to be as colourful, characterful, and packed with verve as his classic visual narratives

Christie's will offer Scillionian Beachscape alongside a late garden scene by Freud, both of which were once in the collection of renowned patron Simon Sainsbury

Plus, a bovine Lalanne sculpture and a pair of Chinese vases

A new book brings together letters and postcards that the artist sent his lovers, friends and fellow artists

Exhibition of “plant portraits” at London’s Garden Museum includes painting of beloved cyclamen and a rarely seen Zimmerlinde work, which the artist gave to his second wife

As a string of exhibitions celebrating 100 years since the artist's birth open, we look at a major show at London's National Gallery, a new book of his letters and his paintings of horses

Among a slew of shows celebrating 100 years since the artist’s birth, the National Gallery exhibition explores his enduring appeal as a new generation embrace figuration

The show will feature works by Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Michael Andrews and the photographer Bruce Bernard

Our roundup of the latest art publications

Work from a private European collection fuels the market for the blue-chip artist

The portrait scandalised viewers when it was painted in 1957

The authentication of a nude by Lucian Freud—despite his protestations that he did not paint it—highlights how creators are not always listened to

Painting, acquired by private British collector “from the easel” in 1987, will be sold at Christie's in London in March

Image taken at Neue Nationalgalerie moments before the 1988 theft features in a new book of the artist’s copper paintings

The work, which took four months to paint in 2002, will be auctioned at Sotheby's this month

A monograph on Catherine Opie, an analysis of museums in the 21st century and an overview of Joseph Beuys also make the grade

Eccentricity and singled-mindedness were part of the great painter's character, but he had many unappealing traits

Second and last instalment of this two-part biography on the painter’s life fails to satisfy—but it does supply valuable first-hand records

From Lucian Freud's stunning self-portraits at the Royal Academy of Arts to King Tut's treasures at the Saatchi Gallery

The artist’s altercation with a cab driver produced one of many revealing paintings being exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts

We look at which contemporary artists hold the record for the most shows in the capital over the past 20 years

Best known as a portrait painter, the artist was also fascinated by plant life

We revisit our exclusive interview with the British artist. Plus, expert Martin Gayford tells us about Hockney, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and others in post-war London