The Latest Breaking News from Lucian Freud

The Guardian’s art critic examines the collection amassed by the oligarch and his ex-wife Dasha Zhukova, which includes Freuds, Picassos and Russian modernism

Arts patron Garech Browne is the subject of a new book that hails him as a cultural rescuer who helped preserve Ireland’s folk tunes and poems

Guardian identifies almost 400 artworks as being privately owned by family, including works by Dalí, Monet, Freud, Chagall and Lowry

We British “love our dogs”, said Rachel Campbell-Johnston in The Times. And since at least the 17th century, British artists have shown equal enthusiasm for depicting man’s best friend. Thomas Gainsborough painted his beloved mutts and put their portrait in “pride of place” above the mantelpiece in his London house…

When she thought she was dying, Emin vowed to create a lasting legacy. Now she has opened the doors of a new art school and studio complex in Margate, and found fulfilment in helping younger artists

This show of canine portraiture is so trite and desperate to please, it ends up insulting animals and audience alike

This exhibition of art featuring man’s best friend spans centuries, from a second century sculpture to David Hockney and Lucian Freud

Ib Reading, not seen in public for more than 20 years, was result of more than 70 sittings

Art and fashion influencing each other is nothing new – but, more than ever, there seems to be a beautiful cross-pollination going on between painters and designers