A Louise Bourgeois show at the Jewish Museum and a new biography of Lucian Freud may provide the answer
Flesh, set free by a ‘despicable genius,’ or ensnared in the male gaze?
British author Robin Saikia looks back at the two artists’ work
Long before Francis Bacon became famous for his carnal paintings, Chaim Soutine brought bloody beef into the artist’s studio and inspired generations of flesh-minded painters