Frank Auerbach – The Charcoal Heads review: 23 drawings, one epic experience
The painters of the so-called School of London remain just about the biggest draw in British art. Not so much a school, more a band of fiercely competitive drinking buddies, these post-war alpha-mavericks (Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach et al) went through a dip in popularity in the Sixties. But since a resurgence in the Seventies, their status as British modern masters has kept on growing to the extent it now feels positively unpatriotic to say a word against them.
While some will question their relevance in our hyper-digital, identity-obsessed times, not even the most hardened cynic could
