Andrew Lambirth

Living in the moment

Frank Auerbach explains to Andrew Lambirth why he never plays safe with his paintings

issue 24 October 2009

Frank Auerbach (born 1931) is flavour of the month. A museum exhibition of his early paintings has opened at the Courtauld (until 17 January 2010), a substantial monograph by William Feaver has just been published (Rizzoli, £100) and a commercial show of recent paintings at Marlborough Fine Art runs until 24 October.

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