The Guardian

Jonathan Jones

No, I don't want to come up and see these etchings

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

The Standard

Melanie McDonagh

A crude but illuminating treasure trove

"This show concentrates on Freud’s drawings, and while they were clearly casual works compared to his paintings, there is much to enjoy"

The Independent

Mark Hudson

Lucian Freud's drawings show the artist at his most spontaneous and personal

"This exhibition is full of great things, whether etchings, paintings or drawings, but it's in the latter that we're pulled deepest into the world of a man who gave the impression of living his life in the full glare of public attention, while remaining at his core absolutely private."

The Times

Laura Freeman

Surprising and spellbinding

"The early drawings on display, made by Freud in the 1940s and early 1950s, are astonishing: precision without fussiness, a stark certainty of line, very little revision or agitation, in contrast to the obsessively worked paintings of his later career."