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First portrait of Duchess Kate unveiled

The first official portrait of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge was unveiled Friday at a London gallery where it was hailed by its subject as “amazing” but slammed by some critics. The National Portrait Gallery commissioned award-winning artist Paul Emsley to produce the painting of Prince William’s wife after she became…

Lucian Freud’s final painting to go on show in London

LONDON — The final painting completed by Lucian Freud before his death in July will go on show for the first time at London’s National Portrait Gallery in February 2012, the showroom said Tuesday. The unfinished “Portrait of the Hound 2011″ depicts Freud’s assistant David Dawson posing nude with his…