Cecily Brown: ‘I was too shy to talk to all these super cool kids like Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst’

She left London because her paintings felt hopelessly unfashionable compared with the work of the YBAs. Now she’s back with a blockbuster show – and the world has come round to her point of view

‘Absolutely transformative’: Willem de Kooning exhibition uncovers raw intensity of early work

A Princeton University Art Museum show captures the urgent power of the iconic abstract expressionist’s 1945-50 breakthrough years

A Great Artist on Paper: Why Lucian Freud’s Magical Drawings Are the Key to His Major Works

The artist often swapped painting for etching as a way to rediscover his craft. Now a new exhibition shows these flashes of inspiration in all their intimate glory

Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting review

National Portrait Gallery, London Freud was a master painter, but his drawings ranged from ordinary to awful. Guess which aspect of his work this show focuses on?

"Wonder and awe": The art of Ruth Asawa

January 25, 2026 / 9:39 AM EST / CBS News

Crossing into Darkness review

Carl Freedman Gallery, MargateMunch, Bourgeois, Gormley and Baselitz go shoulder to shoulder with up-and-coming artists in an exhibition that revels in its stygian gloom

Banksy unveils new art in London

December 22, 2025 / 1:51 PM EST / CBS/AP

London gets at least one new Banksy mural for Christmas

Artist confirms image in Bayswater is by him, but gives no indication about another outside Centre Point tower